Cloud services marketplace AppDirect has now raised more than $245m since 2009, after securing funding at a valuation of more than $1bn.

The SoftBank-led round, which also featured existing investor Renren, is the largest ever raised by a fintech company and reportedly values SoFi at $4bn.

Google Capital returned to back a round that valued the local services listing platform at $1.3bn and took its overall funding to about $275m.

The Amazon and O'Reilly-backed content management company had raised $110m as of August 2014 and will invest in product development, sales and marketing.

After Didi Kuaidi was revealed earlier this week to have backed Lyft, it has now confirmed the deal was worth $100m and preceded a partnership agreement.

The ride-hailing service is in the process of securing another round of funding only a few months after closing a $400m series E.

Citi and Hewlett-Packard both contributed to a round that took DevOps software provider Chef's overall funding past the $100m mark.