The drone technology provider, which counts Intel Capital, GE Ventures and GV among its investors, has secured series C funding and a partnership with State Farm.

Infidelity and married dating service Ashley Madison has launched a strategic investment arm alongside a Silicon Valley incubator.

Salesforce and StepStone were among the investors as the phone-based marketing technology company took its overall funding to $60m.

Corporate-backed Idinvest Partners has led a funding round for Planday, the developer of a workforce management service aimed at shift-based companies.

Yahoo Japan subsidiary YJ Capital invested $14m in a round that also included Salesforce, Gree, Link and Motivation, Dentsu and Rakuten.

The Bertelsmann-backed online recruitment service has now raised more than $60m in total and will use the money for product development.

The Alphabet-backed background checking service has raised $40m in funding after having been reported in October 2015 to be seeking at least $30m.

The logistics company, which received funding from Alibaba in may last year, will list in China through a reverse merger with garment producer Dalian Dayang Trands.