Solar energy installation services platform Otovo has secured $11.4m in a round co-led by KLP that included Agder Energi Venture, Akershus Energi and Obos.

The smart garden technology developer has reeled in $11m to fuel international growth in a round featuring Ikea parent Ingka Group and Groupe SEB subsidiary SEB Alliance

IU Philanthropic Venture Fund has committed $500,000 to a $2.2m bridge round for Nerx Biosciences, based on research at Indiana University.

Rogue Venture Partners, whose largest limited partner is Oregon State University, has led a $3.7m funding round for Lensabl.

Grocery e-commerce platform Grofers is in talks to raise $100m to $150m in a SoftBank Vision Fund-led round that could value it at up to $650m.

Emtek-backed online property real estate platform PropertyGuru has attracted $145m in a KKR-led series D round and acquired Batdongsan to expand into Vietnam.

Institut Pasteur spinout Invectys will use the funding to advance a drug candidate for a type of leukaemia into a phase 2 trial.

The digital bank, whose shareholders include Orange and Stripe, has added $108m to its coffers in a round led by General Catalyst that valued it at almost $1.3bn.

The cybersecurity services provider almost doubled its overall funding to more than $90m in its second Sonae IM-backed round in the space of a year.

The mobile app testing and optimisation platform developer has secured $20m in a round featuring GV and Telstra Ventures that reportedly valued it at $500m.