The background checks provider, which counts Alphabet as an investor, secured funding in a round led by funds and accounts managed by T. Rowe Price.

Existing investor Seek has invested $6.8m in Workana, a freelancer recruitment marketplace that will now expand from Latin America into Southeast Asia.

Newmark Knight Frank and The Sapir Organization co-led a series B round that reportedly valued the workspace provider at about $500m.

Microsoft Ventures took part in a round that increased the customer services platform's overall funding to $32m altogether.

The commercialisation firm has invested $3.5m in Orbital Sidekick and another $4m in TableUp.

Edovo, the Twilio-backed developer of an educational platform for incarcerated users, raised $9.8m from 30 investors.

The travel services marketplace secured the series C funding from Tempus Group, Ant Financial and CCB International.

Bertelsmann Asia Investments has backed a series C+ round that followed an initial series C backed by Tencent.

Zhongnan has contributed to the series B1 round, having previously backed a series A, as co-working spaces provider Mixpace prepares to expand into additional cities.