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.

Replay Technologies, creator of a 3D video format for sports matches, has added the telecoms company to an investor base already containing Samsung in a $13.5m round.