Independent News & Media-backed Truphone has added $23.6m to its coffers through a rights issue, with about $47m more committed on a conditional basis.

Deutsche Bahn subsidiary DB Digital Ventures has participated in a round that will support the growth of Kepler Communications' satellite internet network.

The cell biology technology developer, based on UC Berkeley research, took its total funding to almost $220m in a Nikon-led round that included fellow strategic backer Varian.

Mercia Technologies has returned to back Locate Bio's pursuit of orthopaedic therapies based on research at University of Nottingham.

The grocery delivery service, which counts Amazon, American Express and Comcast as investors, has increased its valuation 75% to $7.6bn in just six months.

The cell biology technology developer took its total funding to almost $220m in a Nikon-led round that included fellow strategic backer Varian.

The mobile cybersecurity technology developer has added $28.8m in a Gaocheng Capital-led round that came just over a year after a Fosun RZ-led round.

Bertelsmann and Tencent returned for supply chain financing provider Linklogis' $220m series C round, which also attracted fellow corporates GLP and Skyworth.

Datum Invest has led a $15.3m round for educational game platform Kahoot, which is the result of research at Norwegian University of Technology and Science.

University of Bristol Enterprise Fund II has backed antibiotic diagnostics developer Vitamica, which spun out of the university’s school of physics in January 2018.