Sirrus will use a $6.5m General Motors-backed equity round, together with $5m of debt financing, to fund the commercialisation of its monomer technology.

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Google Ventures led the big data analytics company's second funding round, after backing its $4.4m series A last year.

The classified employment listings platform has received $10m from Australia-based competitor Seek, following a $1.4m series A round three years ago.

The payment services company made its second investment in e-gifting company Loop Commerce, which secured $16m in its latest funding round.