Artizan, a Yale University spinout focused on intestinal microbiota targets potentially responsible for inflammatory bowel disease, has been backed by investors including Brii Biosciences, bringing its total funding to $12m.

New and existing investors including SoftBank are talking to the short-term accommodation platform over a round that could value it at $10bn.

Yanolja has collected $180m in funding from Booking Holdings and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC, valuing the short-term room rental service at more than $1bn.

Lidar technology producer Innoviz has closed its series C round at $170m, two and a half months after raising an initial $132m tranche featuring Harel Insurance and Phoenix Insurance.

Itochu was among the investors in a series B round that electric vehicle rental service Dishangtie closed at $100m earlier this year.

A range of investors have agreed to provide about $40m for the Prof-Media-backed online video host to ramp up its original content provision.

Vestaron raised $40m in the Novo-led round, which will support the expansion of Vestaron's range of peptide-based biopesticides.

NREP, Obos and the AF Gruppen-backed Construct Venture took part in a round that will support the AI-based design and construction simulation platform's international expansion.

Salesforce Ventures returned for a round that will be used to develop CME and Citi-backed Privitar's data management software products.

Cyient and SBI both took part in the round, which increased the connected railway-focused cybersecurity software producer's total funding to $17m.