The in-home assistant service has secured $40m in series B funding from backers such as Divco West and Invesco.

Bertelsmann Asia Investments was among the returning investors in a $70m series B+ round, which followed an initial $100m series B in February this year.

SoftBank Ventures Korea has led a series A round for the co-working spaces provider, while Line, Naver and Sinar Mas Land also contributed cash.

Sierra Ventures, Sigma Prime Ventures, and Omidyar Ventures reinvested in a series B round for Phenom, which was led by Axa Venture Partners.

Total Energy Ventures has contributed to a $29.2m round for the trucking services marketplace, taking its overall funding to more than $41m inside two years.

JD.com and JD Finance were among the investors as Jiatui Technology, a digital business card platform, secured $26.2m.

DheeYantra has raised an undisclosed sum from investors including Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad to build out its NLP software for native Indian vernaculars.

Epic Conjoint, This is Seaweed and Travacoin have spun into NovaUCD, the innovation hub at University College Dublin, with a view of raising $8.7m within two years.