The Saudi Telecom-anchored STV led the round, while Raed Ventures also invested in cloud communications technology provider Unifonic.

The Fosun-backed data analytics provider has closed a $72m round that increased its overall funding to more than $117m.

Cass Entrepreneurship Fund has returned to back a $3.9m funding round for Raremark, which is working on delivering precision medicine for patients suffering from rare diseases.

Qpex has raised $33m in series A funding from Stanford University Draper Fund and others after spinning out of the Medicines Company to develop drugs targeting superbugs.

ProducePay, which provides financing and produce-selling tools for agricultural businesses, has won over investors including financial services firm Rabobank.

Airbus Ventures has returned to back autonomous driving technology developer Cognata’s series B round, having participating in a $5m round for the company last year.

Harley-Davidson-backed electric dirt bike producer Alta Motors had raised more than $43m

Corporate venturing units M12 and Telstra Ventures co-led the $15m second tranche of a round for data analytics platform Incorta that already included GV.

Household energy monitor developer Sense has expanded its overall funding to almost $39m in a round backed by Schneider Electric and existing investors Shell and iRobot.

Kanematsu-backed microsatellite launch services provider Vector has collected $70m in a series B round that brought its total funding to more than $100m.