Samsung Venture Investment has invested in train ticketing portal RailYatri's bus spinoff, IntrCity, as part of a $13.5m round.

Cleveland Clinic and Ascension Ventures contributed to a $15.8m round for Cardionomic, which is developing a neuromodulation system to treat heart failure.

Graphcore, which traces its origins back to University of Bristol, has added $150m to a round that already included Ahren Innovation Capital.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

Reports suggest Grab, which just raised $856m from strategic partners TIS and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, is in talks to merge with rival Gojek in a $23bn deal.

The blood test developer took in $165m through a series B round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 that came three years after a Tencent-backed series A.

The AI platform developer has added $150m to a round that already included BMW, Robert Bosch, Dell, Microsoft and Samsung and is now valued just shy of $2bn.

The Citigroup-backed internal communication monitoring platform received $100m from SoftBank Vision Fund 2 that will fund international growth.

Gold-based lender Rupeek, which counts Bertelsmann India Investments as a backer, has snagged funding at a valuation of more than $300m.

Ola-backed urban mobility service Vogo secured the funding at a reported valuation of just over $76m, with LGT Lightstone leading the round.