Appboy, a marketing technology platform for mobile relationship management, has raised $17m in a series B round that brought the total funding raised by the company to $22.6m.

Glow has secured $17m in a series B round featuring Formation 8, Founder's Fund and Andreessen Horowitz in order to help develop and expand its fertility tracking app.

A $250m investment by Kuwait Investment Authority helped close the round, adding to funds provided by Celgene in June.

Private clinical stage company Pulmologix has received $12m in a Novo-backed series B round to explore new medical approaches to treat respiratory disease.

Predictive analytics company Context Relevant, has raised an additional $13.5m from a Bloomberg-backed series B round featuring Formation 8 and Bloomberg Beta, bringing the total raised by the company to more than $44m.

E-commerce personalisation platform Qubit has raised $26m in series B funding from Salesforce Ventures, Accel Ventures and Balderton Capital.

Japanese pop culture website Tokyo Otaku Mode, which is backed by YJ Capital, has raised $13.7m in funding in a three-year deal from Cool Japan Fund.

Business loyalty scheme FiveStars, which connects merchants with their customers, has secured $26m in series B funding to meet growing demand for the platform.

WiserTogether has raised $9m in a series B round that featured Merck's corporate venturing unit, and which will be used to scale its operations.