The weather detection system producer raised the cash in a round co-led by Monsanto Growth Ventures as it prepares to expand across the US.

The student employment startup was only formed in December last year, but has secured $15.3m in funding from backers including meat supplier Yurun Group.

The corporate gamification app developer secured the money in a series A round featuring InTouch Holdings' early-stage investment arm.

PayActiv develops technology that helps employees access earnings early, and has followed up seed funding from SoftBank with $9.2m of new funding.

Three university-focused investors take part in Cambridge spinout Aqdot's $7m series A round, providing a boost for its chemical encapsulation technology.

Motive Drilling Technologies, an oil drilling guidance system developer incubated by Hunt Consolidated, has raised $10.5m in a series A round co-led by GE Ventures.

The stealth-stage Stanford spinout is reportedly developing an anti-hand tremor device, and is backed by Alphabet, Johnson & Johnson and corporate joint venture DRX.

E-commerce platform Wadi.com, founded by the Rocket Internet and MTN-backed Middle East Internet Group, has secured $67m in a round led by travel firm Al Tayyar.