Verizon contributed to a round that will help the mobile services company, also backed by Cisco, expand in Europe, South America, Africa and the Middle East.

Cisco and Citi returned to back the big data technology provider's series D round, bringing its overall funding to $95m.

Axel Springer, SoftBank and NBCUniversal have reinvested in NowThis, a video media producer that has abandoned a homepage in favour of social networks.

Takeda Pharmaceuticals has backed a round that will help Prosetta continue research and development into treatments for a range of central nervous system disorders.

NxThera, also backed by Mitsui and American Medical Systems, aims to use water vapour-based treatments to fight prostate and kidney cancer.

The social video app developer has now raised $275m altogether and is worth $1bn, after securing cash in a round led by Weibo, with which it is partnering on a $100m fund.

The weight-loss device developer, which has previously secured funding from Allergan and Boston Scientific, has now raised almost $80m altogether.

The sales software provider has now raised more than $100m altogether, after securing capital in a series D round featuring Salesforce's corporate venturing unit.