Politico co-founder Jim VandeHei is preparing to launch a new, as-yet unnamed media company and has attracted $10m from investors including NBC News.

Corporate venturing unit Point B Capital returned for the series A1 round, closed by the computing services provider 18 months after its $3.9m series A.

Rapyuta, a cloud-connected robot developer spun out of ETH Zurich, has secured $10m in a series A round led by existing investor SBI Holdings.

Cloud-connected robot developer Rapyuta has secured $10m in a series A round led by existing investor SBI Holdings.

Boehringer Ingelheim was among the investors as the RNA therapeutics developer reached the final close of a round it began raising in 2014.

The e-commerce company will use the Susquehanna International Group-backed round to expand into new markets and boost its market share elsewhere in Southeast Asia.

The fashion rental service took its funding to $7m in under three months with a series A round led by IDG Ventures India.

Home energy use detection company Sense has raised $14m in a round co-led by corporate venturing unit Shell Technology Ventures and Energy Impact Partners.

The round featured conglomerate Ackermans and van Haaren, Institute of Pathology and Genetics and Regional Investment Company of Wallonia.