The capital will be used to start clinical development of a technique developed at Columbia University that could help tackle heart and metabolic diseases.

Xiaomi and E-City Ventures were among the participants in the instalment-based e-commerce platform's latest round, taking its total funding to $13m.

The podcasting platform, which uses natural language processing to power in-audio search, has raised $12.8m in series A funding from investors including SIG China.

Commerzbank and CreditEase co-led a $12.8m round for digital commerce platform developer Omnyway that will fund new products and international growth.

The design marketplace, acquired by Autodesk in 2014, has raised $7m in series A funding from five investors to fund its return to independence.

True Link, a Cambia Health Solutions and Ziegler-backed financial services provider for the elderly, has secured $8m from a trio of investors.

Comcast Ventures' Catalyst Fund has backed the legal research software developer's $8.7m series A round as it looks to expand into new practice areas and product lines.

University of Toronto Mississauga spinout Janpix has obtained $17.6m in funding from corporate-backed Medicxi, which had seeded the company.