The $26.4m series B round included Alibaba, Sistema.vc and Silvertech Ventures.

BASF Venture Capital and Capagro have co-led a 10.7m funding round for the agricultural robot developer.

CMR Surgical, backed by ABB Technology Ventures, has added $100m in series B funding to its coffers.

Cambridge Innovation Capital has returned after backing CMR Surgical's two-tranche $46m series A round in 2016 and 2017.

Sierra Ventures, Sigma Prime Ventures, and Omidyar Ventures reinvested in a series B round for Phenom, which was led by Axa Venture Partners.

The neural interface-tracking technology developer has secured $28m in a round co-led by GV and backed by Amazon's Alexa Fund.

Total Energy Ventures has contributed to a $29.2m round for the trucking services marketplace, taking its overall funding to more than $41m inside two years.

The Flex-backed baby monitor developer has now raised a total of almost $30m after securing funding in a JVP-led series B round.

Two years after investing a reported $7m in the robo-advisor developer, Allianz Asset Management has returned to lead a $53.1m round.

ServiceMaster, Realogy, Royal Bank of Canada and Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures all invested in a $20.5m round that will fund hiring.