IT-focused recruitment website Lagou.com has received its second investment from Bertelsmann Asia Investments this year in a $25m series B round.

The Google investment subsidiary led the latest round for personal services marketplace Thumbtack, which increased its total funding to $150m.

The Nippon Insurance and Recruit-backed task crowdsourcing platform has been approved for an IPO in Japan.

All-in-one online rental platform OpenRent has received a multi-million pound investment as part of a 'media for equity' deal from Northern and Shell Ventures.

All-in-one advertising platform AdStage has now secured $8.8m in total funding after raised a series A round featuring Digital Garage and Verizon Ventures.

Liquidation sales management service B-stock solutions has raised $7m in series B funding from SGE and True Ventures.

Grocery and recipe delivery service Plated has raised $15m in a series A round featuring LS and Korea Telecom-backed firm Formation 8.

The Rocket Internet-backed online food marketplace has now raised $108m since it was founded in 2012 and has entered the market in 40 countries.