Personal assistant app developer Haptik has received $11.2m of series B funding from Times Internet, which will also look to help it expand in India.

Softbank Capital has returned for a $22m series C round for Reonomy, after previously leading the commercial real estate data provider's series A and B rounds.

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.