Adjust has secured investment from backers including existing investors Iris Capital and Capnamic Ventures, lifting its total funding to more than $12m.

Nigeria-based e-commerce portal Konga has secured up to $50m in a series C round led by internet company Naspers.

Princeton University licensee BioNano raises $53m in series C.

Google-backed VigLink acquired LinkSmart and topped up its series C round to $20m with two of the content promotion company's investors.

Construction company SMS joined Boehringer Ingelheim and past corporate backers including Shire, Mitsui and ATMI in backing Promethera.

Jumia, which claims to be Africa's largest e-commerce company, is now worth $555m after closing a MTN, Millicom and Rocket Internet-backed series C round.

The corporate-backed fund provided seed financing for delivery service Lockbox and joined liver damage testing company Humedics' series C round.

Sentient Technologies, which is developing artificial intelligence on a large scale, has emerged from stealth with a Tata and Access-backed round that boosted its funding to $143m.

Legend and Novartis co-led the genome mapping company's series C round, which increased its total funding to $113m.