Tola Capital led a round that included corporate venturing unit XL Catlin, increasing the commercial insurance provider's overall funding to $42m.

The Recruit-backed customer analytics software provider has secured new funding at a $150m valuation, in a Sequoia India-led round.

Stanford spinout Cardinal Analytx has raised $20.6m out of a targeted $29.3m, adding to a $6.1m series A round backed by Stanford-StartX Fund in 2017.

Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, based on work by UNC Chapel Hill professors Jude Samulski and Xiao Xiao, has secured $235m in funding co-led by TPG Capital and Vida Ventures.

City National Bank took part as Point72 and FinTech Collective co-led the round, which increased the online credit card platform's total funding to more than $14m.

Computer vision and IoT technology developer Pensees has received $22.5m from investors including Foxconn and Qihoo 360.

The space debris removal company has raised another $30m for its series D round from investors including UTokyo Innovation Platform and has now received $132m in total.

PureTech Health and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma took part in the Merck Group-led series A round, which will fund work developing Sonde's voice-based medical monitoring technology.

Legend Capital has led a $100m series B round for automotive-focused imaging technology developer Black Sesame, with SAIC Motor and SK China also among the backers.

The first quarter of 2019 may not have broken records, but it puts the year on track for a solid performance after the historic successes of the previous 12 months.