Cambridge Enterprise and Cambridge Innovation Capital both participated in the funding round, which is based on research at the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research.

Exploiting research conducted at Navarra University and Harvard Medical School, Vivet Therapeutics is working on gene therapies for metabolic diseases.

Corporates Meituan-Dianping and JD.com have joined Sinovation Ventures to co-lead a series A round for high-grade pig farming business Weiyang.

Times Group has led a series A round for Oddup, which is developing a platform that ranks startups by taking into account factors such as funding and media buzz.

The stealth-mode life insurance startup has received series A funding from investors including Credit China Fintech Holdings' Impact Capital Holdings subsidiary.

Customer data provider Sense360 has added $7m to almost $2.8m in seed capital raised two years ago, with Qualcomm Ventures contributing to both rounds.

Motorola Solutions and AAA Northern California, Nevada & Utah both invested as emergency assistance technology developer RapidSOS closed a $14m series A round.

Payment technology developer Token has raised $15.7m in a round featuring OP Financial Group, with which it formed a partnership agreement earlier this month.