Merck has led a funding round for Navigating Cancer, which supports cancer patients by keeping them actively informed about their care.

The Recruit-backed series C valued the accounting software provider at $250m and increased its total funding to $43m.

Intel, which has inked a strategic partnership agreement with the open source software company, led the round, which has been increased from $75m in the past week.

The company, backed by Google and Autodesk, is the first 3D printing technology developer to raise a nine-figure round, and could herald the next stage in the sector's evolution.

Both of the online grocer's existing corporate backers, Garena and Softbank, returned for its latest round and were joined by Far East Organisation.

The specialty materials developer, which has now secured $66m in total, has raised funds from backers including Samsung that will support an electric vehicle battery unit.

Mirantis, which provides services for business software OpenStack, has raised almost $200m in total from backers including Intel, Ericsson, Dell and Red Hat.

Royole, the developer of an ultra-thin flexible display, raised the cash in a round featuring International Data Group's Chinese venture capital affiliate.

The NRG-backed energy management service provider has closed the first part of a $6m series C round that would increase its overall funding to almost $18m.