GE Ventures contributed to a $41m capital injection for Catalant, with the money split into a series D round and the expansion of an existing debt facility.

Comdata and Innogy both invested as the customer support technology developer closed a series A round that will fund market penetration and technology enhancement.

In November 2010, Intel Capital, the corporate venturing unit of the US-listed chip maker, invested an undisclosed amount in Boo-box.

Alibaba is the largest shareholder of logistics and supply chain services provider Best, which has filed for a $750m initial public offering, after raising more than $910m in VC funding.

The Comcast-backed company, which links a visual social media platform with goods and services, is valued at $4bn and is potentially pointing a new way forward for mobile commerce.

Digital construction aid AproPlan has raised $5.6m in a round that included Matexi and SmithBucklin, and which will be used for sales, marketing and product improvement.

Sense, the creator of an engagement platform for temp workers, has disclosed $10m raised across seed and series A rounds co-led by GV and Accel.

Hongfu Group has led a series A round for Bigger, a green co-working spinout of Modern Land, investing alongside First Care.