Conglomerate Al Yemni Group helped car hire service Ekar close a $17.5m round that will support its entry into Saudi Arabia as it looks to expand across the Middle East.

The Opera spinoff received the cash in a round featuring Meituan Dianping, SoftBank Ventures Asia and Bertelsmann Asia Investments.

Comerica Bank contributed to a round that boosted IT services automation platform developer Moveworks' overall funding to $105m.

AfricInvest has injected another $4m into a series B round for on-demand ride service Heetch that already included Allianz and Mobivia.

Qiming Venture Partners led a $14.3m round for UBTech Robotics’ educational technology affiliate, with the cash to go to product development, partnerships and expansion.

Phison and Kingston-backed data centre orchestration software developer Liqid has now raised $43.7m altogether with the latest round going towards business growth.

Radiology analytics software developer Enlitic secured follow-on funding from its strategic partners Marubeni and Capitol Health with the launch of its first product due next year.

SSIA-backed residential property marketplace secured Pavilion Capital and Gobi Partners as investors to support its bid to reach 20,000 Jakarta-focused property listings by the end of next year.

OUP returned for PMV's series C round which the company will use to cement its portfolio of small molecule treatments targeting cancerous p53 mutations.

Already backed by GE Ventures, Apervita picked up Wintrust as a new investor as it looks to drive forward its healthcare performance analytics platform.