Comcast, Exelon and Syngenta invested alongside existing backers including Intel, DuPont, Verizon, USAA, NTT Docomo and Yamaha Motor.

Activate Capital led the round's first close, Stem's previous investors including General Electric, Total, Iberdrola, Exelon, Mitsui and RWE.

Video recipe platform developer Dely has secured just over $30m from SoftBank, Akatsuki, United and Yahoo Japan, taking its total funding past $60m.

The Nan Fung-backed advanced fabric technology developer had secured $57m as of October, and has now raised $213m in total.

The cybersecurity software provider boosted its total funding to $96m in a round featuring Telstra, Deutsche Telekom and existing backer GV.

Tencent and Globe Telecom were among the investors in a round that reportedly values the publishing platform at almost $400m post-money.

JD.com has become one of the largest shareholders in e-commerce platform Tiki following a round reportedly at least $44m in size.

Tengelmann Ventures has co-led a series D round for luxury watch seller Chronext, which will use the cash to expand to the US and Asia.

Collibra, a data governance software spinout of VUB, has closed a $58m series D round to accelerate its expansion plans and product development.

BI3 Solutions-backed data governance software developer Collibra has closed a $58m series D round to accelerate its expansion plans and product development.