American Express Ventures has added $6m to the $29m Next had already raised for a series A round backed by Munich Re, Markel and Nationwide Mutual.

BASF Venture Capital, which had led industrial coating supplier Slips Technologies' 2014 series A round, has returned for a round that included a US government grant.

The database virtualisation technology developer has raised funding in a series A round featuring Dell Technologies Capital that will support product development.

The business asset management platform developer has raised $10m in a series A round led by GE Ventures that included fellow corporate venturing unit ServiceNow Ventures.

Google's newly formed AI fund has made its first public investment, leading a $10.5m round for app algorithm marketplace Algorithmia that included Rakuten.

Illumina Ventures has led a series A round for SerImmune, which will use the funding to enhance its immune system mapping platform.

BBVA-backed venture firm Propel Venture Partners led the series A round, which came after a $2.1m seed round for the employee benefits software provider in 2015.

Digital construction aid AproPlan has raised $5.6m in a round that included Matexi and SmithBucklin, and which will be used for sales, marketing and product improvement.

Sense, the creator of an engagement platform for temp workers, has disclosed $10m raised across seed and series A rounds co-led by GV and Accel.