The LeEco driverless car spinout has closed what it claims is the largest first round ever from an automotive startup, with Lenovo and Macrolink both contributing.

Relay Therapeutics emerged last week with $57m in funding to support the development of cancer therapies based on a new understanding of how protein molecules undergo changes.

Point, developer of a home equity investment platform, has taken its total financing to more than $15m with a Bloomberg Beta-backed round.

Bare metal cloud technology provider Packet has received $9.4m in a series A round led by strategic partner SoftBank.

The ophthalmic disease treatment developer has closed its series A round, which included Boehringer Ingelheim's corporate venturing unit.

Eyevensys, based on reserach conducted at Paris Descartes University, closes its series A round at $10m three years after it raised the initial tranche.

Westpac has put money into a $16.5m funding round for digital mortgage broker Uno, which comes four months after the company was launched.

DE Shaw Research has backed a series A round for Relay Therapeutics, launched yesterday to commercialise research from Shaw and a range of universities.

The cybersecurity technology producer, created by corporate-backed incubator Team8, has emerged from stealth with $32m in funding from investors including Mitsui.