Digital payment technology company Ripple Labs has closed a series A round backed by corporates including Seagate, CME, and International Data Group.

Logistics services provider TrucksFirst will use the series A funding to support technology development, strengthen its back-end infrastructure and expand its team.

Chapel Hill life sciences spin-out Spyryx Biosciences secures $18m series A.

Foxconn and JD.com have participated in a funding round for Jide, which is developing a custom-engineered version of the Android operating system.

The cardless payment and instant credit subsidiary of Exchange Corporation has closed a round featuring SIG Asia, CyberAgent and Recruit.

Vouch, a startup that uses social networks to evaluate a user's credit, has now raised almost $10m in total after securing cash in an IDG Ventures-backed round.

US-based biotech startup Denali launches with $217m in backing from Arch Venture Partners and others.

Medtech startup Color Genomics secures $15m series A for genetic testing kits.

Security software provider Avast has invested $22m in Jumpshot, which it acquired two years ago when the marketing analytics company focused on online security.

Existing investor SoftBank returned to back a $9.5m funding round for the on-demand therapist service, which has now raised $13m in the past year.