Trading bourse SGX has picked up a 20% stake in foreign exchange trading platform BidFX, with the pair entering an alliance to support SGX trades using BidFX’s software.

Sonae IM joined Octopus Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Pereg Ventures to lift retail management platform CB4's overall funding to approximately $23m.

WeWork has backed Proxy in a $13.6m round after introducing the company’s workplace access control system at its New York and San Francisco offices.

CreditEase FinTech Investment Fund joined existing investor Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund in business financing platform Qupital’s latest round.

Corporate venturing units Kamet Ventures and Dell Technologies Capital both contributed to a round that will fund the growth of Ibex Medical Analytics' team.

GV-backed restaurant management platform developer Toast is now valued at $2.7bn, having secured funding in a round co-led by TCV and Tiger Global Management.

Alibaba is investing $50m in the grocery e-commerce platform at a $1.2bn valuation to retain its position as the company's largest shareholder.

The First Data-backed payment automation software developer has notched up $50m in a Great Hill Partners-led round, boosting its overall funding to near $70m.

Founding investor Mercia Technologies joined fund manager Invesco for the synthetic biology contractor’s latest round, taking its total funding past the $25m mark.

AbbVie has contributed to a round that took the gene therapy developer's total funding to $129m in approximately two years.