The customer experience automation platform has now raised more than $52m altogether, with Samsung Next and existing backer M12 both investing.

The children's digital content platform has raised funding in a round that involved M12 joining an investor base that already included Sandbox and Co.

The insurance software developer has now raised more than $33m in total, $15.2m coming in a new round featuring MS&AD Ventures.

Gradient Ventures contributed to a $23m round for the Intel-backed visual collaboration software provider, which plans to double its size by the end of this year.

The university formed 23 new spinouts in 2019, while a total of 33 companies raised a combined $292m – an amount only beaten by 2016’s record-holding $408m.

Sequoia Capital and CDPQ co-led a $75m extension to the round, disclosed together with the micromobility service's purchase of e-scooter producer Circ.

SoftBank's Latin America fund has agreed to lead the digital lender's series B round, which is still subject to regulatory approval.

AbbVie Ventures took a board seat through its contribution to the round, closed as the inflammatory disease therapy developer emerged from stealth.

Merck Group spinoff iOnctura will put the $18.7m it raised in the M Ventures-backed round into a clinical trial for its solid tumour therapy.

JLL Spark and returning investor Comcast Ventures participated in a series B round that will support the hotel chain's movement into new markets.