Tencent came onboard as the digital business banking developer raised cash which will be put towards growing its customer base.

Bristol Myers Squibb returned to reinvest in the cardiac disease therapy developer having backed its 2017 series A round with Boehringer Ingelheim.

Yale and Columbia-linked Certik has secured $24m in additional funding, just one month after securing $37m in its series B round.

CAS Star-backed MinoSpace has added $46m in pre-series B funding to its coffers.

ASU-backed Forage has added Telstra Ventures and Citi Ventures to its list of shareholders through a $25m series B round.

Hannover Medical School spinout Cardior has welcomed both new and existing backers, such as Bristol Myers Squibb, for a series B round led by Inkef Capital.

Baidu's smart voice technology spinoff received an undisclosed amount of series B funding, hiking its valuation 75% in nine months.

TXOne Nertworks has added $12.9m to its coffers, while C3 has pushed its series B round to $90m thanks to a $10m extension.

The ordering and supply platform has been valued at approximately $450m through a series B round featuring Globis Capital Partners and SBI Investment.

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase’s corporate venturing arm is among the investors set to boost the payment platform’s expansion.