Podcast platform Castbox took its total funding to almost $30m with a $13.5m round that included returning investor SIG China.

Customer engagement platform developer Plaid has attracted capital from investors including Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital, Mitsui and Mitsubishi UFJ Capital.

Bath accelerators targeting digital innovation and advanced engineering have secured $2.1m in grant funding.

The Tencent and Time Warner-backed developer of a game-based messaging platform with more than 87 million users, is now valued at $1.65bn.

The streaming platform has now raised almost $150m in total, having secured funding from investors including 21st Century Fox, AMC Networks, Sky and Discovery.

Dream11, the market leader in India's daily fantasy sports sector, is in talks with Tencent over a $100m investment at a valuation of up to $450m.

The video intelligence technology provider has raised $56.6m from investors including Alibaba and Megvii and has reportedly reached profitability.

Highland Europe has led a series B round for Bitmovin, which has developed technology to encode videos for streaming and is based on research at University of Klagenfurt.

Tencent led the People.cn-backed video news platform's series A round, investing alongside fellow corporate Baidu.