Life sciences firm Mederi Therapeutics raises $18.5m from backers including biotech firm Bio-Rad Laboratories.

Icelandic games studio Plain Vanilla, maker of QuizUp, raises $22m series B funding led by Tencent and Sequoia Capital, with backers including IDG Ventures.

Earth imaging company Planet Labs raises $52m series B financing, backed by investors including OATV, as it prepares to launch its Flock 1 fleet of 28 satellites.

Heckyl Technologies, an India-based financial information platform that is a member of the Level39 incubator, has raised $3.5m in series B investment led by IDG Ventures India.

Chinese mobile game co-publisher Yodo1 raises $11m series B funding, led by GGV Capital and including Iris Capital and Singtel Innov8.

West African mobile services software company Rancard raises undisclosed amount of funding led by Peninsula Capital and including Intel Capital, to take advantage of rapid growth of mobile phone usage in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Green Biologics has closed its B round at $25m following investment from Sofinnova and Swire, and will now focus on it commercialisation efforts.

Restaurant finder- app Retty, backed by CyberAgent and Gree, has raised $3.2m in a series B round of funding led by Itochu Ventures.

India online risk services company, Aujas, has secured more backing from existing seed backer IDG Ventures India and attracted new investors including Rajasthan Venture Capital Fund and IvyCap Ventures in an undisclosed series B round of funding.