Mobile identity verification tool Telesign has boosted its series B round to $49m following a strategic investment by telecommunications form Telstra.

Lanxness took a majority stake in Evocatal, and joined existing investors including High-Tech Gruenderfonds in backing the enzymes producer.

A software tool for sales teams of Chinese companies, FXiaoKe, has raised $10m in a series B round including IDG Capital Partners.

The IT services company raised the cash from SIG and Intel earlier in the year, but has only just made the investment public.

Automated Insights, which converts big data into written reports, has now raised almost $11m after a series B round backed by Samsung and Associated Press.

Softbank, Bertelsmann and KBS+ each reinvested in the loyalty analytics company, which has now lifted its overall funding to $20m, after a $9m series B round.

Nanoscale coating company HZO has raised $20m in an oversubscribed round of series B funding, which follows $7m raised in 2011.

Pharmaceutical company Amgen reinvested in the biopharmaceutical company, which concurrently announced a partnership with research firm Servier.

The cloud-based marketing technology developer has now raised $54m in equity after Softbank joined its existing investors in a $20m series B round.

Tencent joined Zynga as an investor in the mobile game developer, which has just released its first game.