The financial comparison platform has received a total of $80m to date from investors including Aegon, at least $30m of which was secured in 2019.

Brookfield Ventures led the leasing and asset management platform's series D round, investing alongside Tishman Speyer and GLP.

GV led a $58.5m round for the heart disease drug developer, which came in the wake of a partnership with another Alphabet subsidiary, Verily.

Prologis took part in a round for the warehouse rental service that was co-led by Activate Capital and Tiger Global, boosting its funding to more than $63m in total.

Texas Medical Center was among the investors in a series A round for the nursing recruitment platform, a graduate of the corporate's accelerator.

Bertelsmann Asia Investments co-led a $22.1m round that will enable the industrial software provider to expand its engineering and sales teams.

Shionogi has participated in an $11m round for flu detection device developer Aillis in connection with the formation of a partnership agreement.

FAW Group will reportedly provide $100m for TUS Holdings-backed Byton for a $500m round likely to value the electric SUV developer at more than $2.5bn.

UCL spinout Promethera Biosciences has increased its series D round to $44.4m with a $33.1m Mitsui and Medipal-backed extension, adding to Itochu’s initial investment earlier this year.

Sales productivity software platform Ciara has won the backing of TUM-allied venture firm UVC Partners in a round that will support continued development of its software.