Emissary has launched its business intelligence platform and added $10m to a $2m seed round backed by Alphabet subsidiary GV and The New York Times.

Google Capital-backed Freshdesk has secured funding in a Sequoia Capital India and Accel Partners-backed series F round, taking its overall funding to $150m.

The amount was spread across two rounds, with corporate venture capital unit Bertelsmann Asia Investments co-leading the series D round.

Legend Star, which also took part in the education mobile app producer's angel and series A rounds, has returned to contribute to its $15m series B.

UPS, Mercedes-Benz and Yamaha are among the corporates using venture activity to assess technology in the transport space.

The textbook publishing house plans to invest up to $48m through the fund, with $200m state fund FRII providing up to $8m.

Innogy has joined existing investors to lead a $14m series B round that will enable Move24 to strengthen its market position in Central and Western Europe.

JLL India Real Estate Technology Ventures plans to invest in up to 15 real estate technology developers over the next 18 months, the first of which is interior design platform Foyr.

Human resources outsourcing specialist Microseer has followed an IDG Capital-backed series A round with a $30m round led by JD.com's financial services spinout.