Natural language processing startup DataFox raises $5m in series A backed by Stanford-Start X fund.

Giosis, the eBay-backed owner of e-commerce marketplace Qoo10, raised the cash in a series A round led by media group Singapore Press Holdings.

Flipkart and Tiger Global have supplied $12m in series A cash for the home rental marketplace, which raised seed capital from investors including IDG.

IDG Ventures led the online survey company's series A round, which also included a contribution from another corporate venturing fund, Bloomberg Beta.

Pain management company Axial has now raised almost $10m in less than a year from backers including insurer BlueCross BlueShield.

Immunotherapy firm Immunocore, which started life at Oxford University, raises the largest biotech round in European history.

Media company TimeOut led the restaurant ordering and payment service's series A round, and has also signed a strategic partnership with the UK-based startup.

The supply chain services provider received the money from Riverhill Fund, in which e-commerce company Alibaba is the largest investor.

The GlaxoSmithKline spin-out, which is working on treatments for hearing disorders, has raised additional funds to extend the Pfizer-backed round to $36.6m.