Smart customer service technology provider Sobot received $29.5m in a round co-led by Yonyou, with the cash earmarked for product development and marketing.

Led by UCLA’s Sri Kosuri, Octant is working on drugs for complex diseases and will use the series A funding to further develop its platform.

Wells Fargo’s technology incubator is supplying $900,000 to 18 affiliate organisations through its Channel Partner Awards scheme to help their coronavirus-hit portfolio companies.

Liberty Global's corporate venturing unit owns half of a newly formed venture aimed at building electric vehicle charging points using underground telecommunications wiring.

Harvest Investments supplied more than $14m for Xi Ping, a developer of smart digital advertising technology backed by Guangzhou Daily and COL Digital Publishing.

Naspers has reportedly contributed to a round for the shipping services portal sized at up to $20m, with the cash earmarked for hiring and general business purposes.

Takeda and existing investor Allianz X took part in a series C round closed in the wake of heightened demand for Amwell's telehealth technology platform.

Asahi Kasei Medical contributed to a round that took the total raised by the microbial detection technology provider past $255m.

Pfizer, Lundbeckfonden Ventures and Biomed Ventures have all taken part in a round for the anti-infective therapy developer that has now passed $90m.

The online teaching service was valued at $800m in a Fidelity-led round, adding to earlier funding from investors such as Bloomberg Beta, WME Ventures and Novel TMT.