Internet company Tencent led an extension of undisclosed size for China-based trucking logistics platform Huochebang.

Existing investor Tate and Lyle returned to back the UC Davis spinout's latest round, which will fund pre-commercialisation activities for its probiotics products.

Google and Nvidia-backed MapD is developing big data analytics technology capable of visualising up to one billion tweets in real time.

Existing investor Tate and Lyle returned to back Evolve BioSystems' latest round, which will fund pre-commercialisation activities for its probiotics products.

Newly launched genomics company Helix has secured investment from founding partners including Illumina, and additional cash from strategic partner Mayo Clinic.

Legend Star, which acts as the early-stage investment arm of Legend Holdings, participated in the trademark services startup's series A round alongside Matrix Partners.

GE Ventures has become the founding sponsor of a $20m Pittsburgh-based accelerator aimed at startups developing robotics technologies.