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.

The airport-based auto rental firm has raised $14m from investors including Crunchfund, the venture capital firm backed by internet company AOL.

NTT Docomo and Verizon Ventures both contributed to the series B round, increasing the total equity capital raised by Kinvey to about $18m.

The payment services company has now secured $19m across two rounds from backers including Commerzbank and Software AG.