Gobee.Bike has raised $9m in capital to add several thousand bicycles to its network as it seeks to expand across Hong Kong, and internationally.

M17 Entertainment, formed by the merger of corporate-backed startups Paktor and 17 Media, has raised $40m in a series A round featuring Yahoo Japan.

Advance Publications' corporate venturing unit has led the children's education software and marketplace provider's latest round.

The e-commerce advertising security company, which counts Adler-Chomsky among its investors, has now secured a total of $14m since it was founded in 2014.

Immersive content platform developer Inception has raised $15m in a series A round led by broadcasting group RTL.

StartX has contributed to a $20m series A round for UnifyID, the operator of an authentication platform that has now secured $23.4m.

The China-based company, which is using technology to streamline the operation of food courts, has secured an eight-figure sum in a round co-led by Bertelsmann Asia Investments.

Thrive Capital led a $6.4m round for the employee performance management platform that follows a Slack-backed seed round last year.