Existing backer SoftBank returned to help the telecommunications data platform developer close a round co-led by four investors.

New investors PepsiCo, Maersk, Verizon and NTT Docomo joined existing backers including Avery Dennison, Amazon Web Services, Merck, Qualcomm and Samsung in the round.

The messaging app developer has chosen the third cohort for its three-and-a-half-month startup accelerator, which comes seven months after its second batch.

Qualcomm Ventures contributed to a series E round that boosted the endpoint cybersecurity software provider's post-money valuation to $1.1bn.

The online exam preparation service was reportedly valued at $400m in a $110m round featuring Facebook that lifted its total funding to $199m.

WuXi AppTec has co-led a $98m series D round for China-focused drug developer Canbridge Pharmaceuticals that also featured fellow corporate Tigermed.

Tencent participated in a $21.5m round for the IoT management software provider, which has now raised about $65m altogether.

Touch-based user interface developer UltraSense secured the cash in a Robert Bosch-led round with contributions from Asahi Kasei and Sony.

Banco BV's innovation arm has backed Weel in a round that increased the enterprise financing platform’s total funding to more than $63m.

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