Intel and JF Shea both backed the company, which is developing the 3D technology required to scan objects and people for virtual reality recreation.

Holiday home search engine Tripping previously raised an undisclosed amount of series A funding from investors including Recruit Holdings.

The Mitsui-backed home care service has now raised $20m altogether, and will use the proceeds from the NewSpring Capital-led round to expand into new markets.

Real estate company Simon Property Group led the round, which raised SmarterHQ's overall combined equity and debt financing to more than $24m.

Ra Pharmaceutical will use the proceeds from a series B round also backed by Novartis and Amgen to advance a blood disease treatment towards clinical studies.

The biopharmaceutical company has closed an oversubscribed round co-led by Merck that also featured GlaxoSmithKline, Monsanto and Pfizer.

The crop management software provider has closed its second Google-backed funding round in less than 18 months, having sold off its previous business to Monsanto.

Unilever spin-out Voltea, a developer of water desalination technology, raised the funding in a round also featuring industrial products maker Pentair.

The series B funding will help KalVista, a spin-out of Vantia Therapeutics, to advance treatments for diabetes and blood disease to clinical trials.