Access Industries has backed a round that took the gig discovery platform's overall funding to $33m, and it has also acquired e-ticketing company CrowdSurge.
Meitu provided the funding for the digital media company alongside an agreement to jointly explore marketing and product development.
Sinclair Broadcasting and Horizon Media invested an undisclosed sum in mobile video technology company Burst, which had previously raised $5.5m.
VR technology developer USens has raised an eight-figure sum from a consortium featuring Fosun-backed fund Kinzon Capital.
Snapchat, backed by Tencent, Alibaba and Yahoo, boosted its series F round to more than $710m and its overall funding to more than $1.3bn.
Kensington Capital Partners has achieved a $228m final close for its fund of funds backed by investors including Torstar and OpenText.
The advocate marketing company has boosted an NTT Docomo-backed series B round to $38.7m, securing an extra $8.2m from investors.
Google has revealed it has committed the first part of its $168m DNI Innovation Fund to a total of 128 organisations across 23 European countries.
The messaging app company has raised $340m from backers including Alphabet and is seeking a valuation higher than the $2.8bn at which it last secured funding.
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