Founded out of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, SendFriend has built a blockchain-powered online payment transfer platform that uses technology provided by fintech developer Ripple.

6Estates had previously raised $2m of funding for its market intelligence products based on research from NUS and Tsinghua University.

Alibaba has participated in a $13m extension that adds to the $20m the AI-based rail infrastructure sensor provider collected last April.

The plug-in electric truck developer is reportedly in negotiations with Amazon and General Motors over a round that would value it at $1bn to $2bn.

Citi Ventures took part in the consumer data analytics software provider's series A round, which will support expansion, hiring and product innovation.

The Nykredit-backed personal banking app has raised $14.7m in a Seed Capital-led round that included Greyhound Capital and Socii .

Corporate venturing unit REV Venture Partners returned for a series C round that took the total raised by the data collaboration platform developer to $50m.

The AI-based customer analytics software developer, which counts Tencent as an investor, has increased its series B round to $29m and its overall funding to almost $40m.

Nuvaira, based on research by a then-professor at Washington University School of Medicine, has closed a $79m funding round led by US Venture Partners.

Kaust is preparing for the third phase of its Taqadam startup accelerator, which is supported by a host of Saudi Arabian academic institutions and claims to have achieved a 35% female participation rate.