AGL Energy, Southern Company and GE Ventures were among the participants in a series B round that took energy optimisation company AMS's total equity funding to $52m.

Alibaba and SBI Group have come on board as investors, in a series B round that boosted the Southeast Asian financial comparison platform's total funding to about $95m.

Salesforce Ventures has invested a part of a round that will enable the data intelligence software provider to strengthen R&D and expand in new and existing markets.

The chauffeured ride service, formed by Shouqi Group and Xianglong Taxi, has raised $88m from an unnamed investor at a $750m valuation.

MobileODT has now raised more than $13m altogether, after closing a series B round in which Tristel paid $750,000 for a stake of almost 3.3%.

Bertelsmann Asia Investments led the online furniture brand's series B round as an existing investor, having reportedly backed the company's $15m series A.

The Qualcomm-backed GPS technology producer has raised funding in a round led by existing backer New Enterprise Associates that included Eclipse and First Round Capital.