Freight delivery marketplace and software provider uShip has doubled its total funding with a round led by key customer DB Schenker.

Support services companies around the world invested a record sum in 2016, committing $6.81bn across 182 deals in multiple sectors that are becoming increasingly digitised

The logistics service provider raised the money in a series C round co-led by a subsidiary of Susquehanna International Group, and will invest in growth and R&D.

The consumer electronics producer will be the anchor investor in Orbis Capital, and is recruiting limited partners including private equity firms and pension funds for the rest.

The Diageo-backed restaurant table booking and management platform has now raised a total of $27m and has expanded to the whole of the US.

IDG Ventures USA co-led a round that included Motley Fool and WPP, and which will support product development, sales and marketing.

Comcast and Cornerstone on Demand have joined existing investors for a round that will help Comparably improve its employment comparison tools.