The Comcast Ventures-led round included Itochu, BASF, Honeywell, Robert Bosch and Merck & Co and took the quantum computing software developer's total funding past $64m.

Emissions measurement provider Aclima has raised cash in a round that included Splunk, RBVC and Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund.

Returning investor ClalTech helped take the transcription and remote education tool developer's total funding to $125m.

The Engine-backed $38m series B round took the quantum computing software developer's total funding past $64m since being spun out of Harvard in 2017.

CMU-founded language learning platform developer Duolingo has now raised $183m altogether and has increased its valuation 60% to $2.4bn.

The Cheetah Mobile and Southern Publishing and Media-backed coding education provider lifted its overall funding to $375m in its latest round.

Tencent, Square and Telecom Italia unit TIM Ventures co-led an $80.6m round for the mobile payment platform developer alongside a $29.6m secondary investment.

Strategic partner PPD returned for a round that helped the clinical trial software provider take its total funding past the $130m mark.

Pharmaron Investments, Amgen Ventures and MRL Ventures Fund helped the bone marrow cancer drug developer double its total funding to about $160m.

The Naspers and Benasse-backed online skills platform developer hiked its valuation to $3.25bn and its total funding to more than $280m.