Progressive Insurance has invested in Varo Money as the latter prepares to become the first digital bank to be awarded a national bank charter.

Geely's new energy vehicle rental service has pulled in $96.7m in series A funding from investors including Ningbo Yincheng Group.

Sumitomo Corporation Europe and existing investor Tekfen Ventures helped provide $28.5m for the gene-edited crop developer's latest round.

NodThera, a developer of treatments for conditions caused by chronic inflammation, has completed a Novo Ventures-led round that also featured Sanofi Ventures.

Cortex, a developer of big data-powered marketing tools, raised $22.3m in a round led by SoftBank's Latin America fund.

Comcast Ventures and Rich Products Ventures contributed to a series B round for smart oven provider Tovala, whose earlier backers include Gree and Tyson Ventures.

SK Telecom contributed to a $74.5m round for the cloud software provider that will support expansion internationally and in its home market of China.

The energy infrastructure operator has backed a $15m series D round for RiskIQ and a $14m series A for 1touch.io through investment subsidiary National Grid Partners.

Bigfoot Medical, which is developing smart pens for diabetes management, closed an Abbott-led series C round after securing $45m in the first tranche in January.

Fosun and Varian Medical Systems returned to help medical imaging platform developer Arterys increase its total funding to $70m.