The company has now raised $173m in funding so far in 2014, and will use the capital to consolidate its position in its main markets.

The US-based flash storage company, backed by Samsung and In-Q-Tel in the past, has now secured $470m in total funding and is valued at over $3bn.

Siemens Venture Capital has re-invested in the company, which has now raised $34.2m in equity funding since 2002.

Reed Elsevier Ventures has taken part in an $8m series F funding round for technology data firm, GigaOm, which has now raised over $22m, and which intends to use the funds to continue to grow the editorial side of its business.

Computing company Intel has paid $740m for an 18% stake in the data management hub developer, taking its overall funding above the $1bn mark.

Ahead of a rebrand to Applause, UTest has closed $43m in series E financing led by Goldman Sachs.

Spiceworks, a professional network of more than 5 million information technology (IT) professionals and 3000 technology brands, has raised $57m in series E funding.

Adobe has invested in another round raised by US-based B2B marketing and personalisation platform Demandbase, after investing in its $10m series C and $15m series D rounds.

The $42m recently raised by solar power electronics maker SolarBridge Technologies in a round led by corporate venturing unit Constellation Technology Venture scould be expanded, according to an SEC filing that indicates the business is still hungry for more capital.

Cisco, SAP and salesforce.com have all contributed to a $50m round raised by MuleSoft, which has now received $131m in funding.