SoftBank Vision Fund has acquired a sizeable stake in automotive e-commerce platform Auto1, its first Germany-based investment.

Hyundai has invested an undisclosed sum in Grab's $2.5bn series G round, which includes SoftBank, Didi Chuxing and Toyota, as part of a strategic partnership.

The Sarnoff spinoff will use the financing to commercialise its diabetes management and glucose measuring technology in the US.

Microsoft joined a consortium including existing investors GV and WuXi NextCode to take the biomedical data platform's overall financing to $105m.

The ride hailing platform is reportedly now valued at $56bn, after completing a round featuring SoftBank and Mubadala Investment Company.

Koch Disruptive Technologies led the latest round for the ultrasound surgery system developer, which is also backed by GE Healthcare and Elbit Imaging.

The locally-focused social media platform, which counts GV and Comcast Ventures as backers, has secured funding from unnamed investors.

Existing investor Alibaba has participated in a round that valued the rapidly expanding bike hire service at $3bn.