NTT Docomo Ventures and 31Ventures returned for the smart key system provider’s $15.8m round, which included Kokuyo, NN Corporate Capital and JR East Start Up.

The Baupost Group has invested in the SIG and Gruner + Jahr-backed content discovery technology provider, which is set to float in an IPO this year.

Drug discovery technology developer Standigm added $10m to the cash it raised from SK Chemicals last week while Six FinTech Ventures helped fintech software provider Toqio secure $9.4m.

Q&A with Oliver Finch, investor, Maersk Growth

Santander’s independent venture capital spinoff has led a series B round for byrd, which increased the business’ total funding to $30.8m.

The venture firm is working on a new vehicle which could be larger in size than its Sega Sammy and Septeni-backed second fund.

On-demand logistics provider Pickupp hiked its overall funding to $15m while SK Chemicals added to the $67m already raised by drug discovery technology producer Standigm.

Coinbase Ventures, Razer’s zVentures unit, Samsung Venture Investment and Scopely were among the investors that took part in a $50m tranche to help the mobile game publisher close its latest round.

Accenture, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, General Electric, Intel, Shell and Saudi Aramco have all exited the operations management software provider in a purchase by SparkCognition.

GV helped geometric search technology developer Physna raise $56m while multiple corporates took part in a round nearly doubling study app developer Mathpresso's total funding to $105m.