The smart home technology developer has brought Legend Holdings and Mediatek into its investor base as it looks to form partnerships with home appliance producers.

The oversubscribed series A round featured Zaffre Investments, the corporate venturing arm of insurance provider Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Corporate-backed venture firm Iris Capital has participated in a $6.4m series A round for telecommunications adtech company Zeotap.

Corporate-backed venture Evolution Media Partners led the series A round for the UTA and Science, Inc-backed video advertising technology startup.

E-commerce company Beenos returned to back the automotive marketplace's series B round, which will support international growth.

Wholesale buying club Thrive has followed up $8m in convertible note financing with a series A round featuring Scripps Network.

The Rocket Internet-backed online beauty marketplace was launched in March and is already operating in four continents.

Tencent and Comcast both invested in the Google-backed virtual reality communications company's series A round.