The robo-advisor developer has raised a further $35.5m from the likes of Sony, Mizuho Bank and SBI Group to take its total funding to approximately $96m.

Previously backed by Stanford University, Origin has now raised a total of $12.3m to support its modular and interoperable approach to 3D printing.

SNCF has invested in BlaBlaCar, the buyer of its bus transport subsidiary, Ouibus, in a round that took the carpooling platform's total funding to $450m.

Memory technology supplier and New York University spinout Spin Memory has secured $52m in a round featuring Applied Ventures and Arm.

37 Interactive Entertainment and existing backer TAL Education both invested in a $14.4m round for the children's literature platform.

Emesent spun out from Csiro earlier this year to market an underground drone that could help mining firms build an improved picture of their operations.

University of Auckland’s commercialisation arm is among the latest backers for drone technology developer Dotterel, which raised approximately $500,000 last year.

Penn spinout Cabaletta Bio’s first funding round includes university investment and it will use the cash to develop T-cell drugs for autoimmune diseases including pemphigus vulgaris.

SoftBank's artificial intelligence-focused DeepCore fund took part in a $29.5m round for the software development platform, which will now move into Asia.

SoftBank was among the investors in a round for Alibaba's recently merged local services platforms Ele.me and Koubei that valued it at $30bn.