Home equity investment service Point has raised $22m in series B funding from investors including Prudential and Bloomberg, and $100m in platform financing.

Ahren Innovation Capital has been confirmed as an investor in a round that brought University of Bristol-linked machine intelligence technology developer Graphcore’s total to $310m.

The JD.com-backed office equipment leasing service has increased its overall funding to nearly $60m in a $22.3m pre-series B round.

The mobile camera developer is reportedly planning a 2020 IPO after raising $30m in a funding round backed by Suning and Xunlei.

The real estate-focused chatbot developer has now raised more than $71m in total, having secured series C funding from investors including Realogy, Royal Bank of Canada and Northwestern Mutual.

Ease, the HR enrolment and benefits software provider formerly known as EaseCentral, took its total funding to almost $28m in a Propel Venture Partners-backed series B round.

Virgo Investment Group has invested $18m in the PAR-backed online fitness platform in the form of series C funding, bringing its overall equity financing to $41m.

The AI-powered energy management app provider has secured $12m in series A funding from investors including BKK.

Datagrid has lured capital from University of Tokyo's VC spinout Deep 30 as it prepares for the imminent launch of a game based on its deep learning-powered technology.

Oil and gas exploration company Woodside Energy was sufficiently intrigued in its earlier development pact with ECU-founded Sapien Cyber to purchase a 10% stake.