Omniscient has developed a dual-view endoscope for conducting colonoscopies that could detect pre-cancerous growths currently missed by front-facing devices.

SoftBank Vision Fund, Alphabet's CapitalG unit and Tencent all took part in a round that valued the trucking services platform at $6.5bn.

Line Ventures and Naver contributed to a bridge round for the mobile balance-checking and recharging app developer, which launched a mobile wallet in December.

Customer engagement platform developer Plaid has attracted capital from investors including Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital, Mitsui and Mitsubishi UFJ Capital.

Ant Financial has invested an eight-figure RMB amount in electronic goods marketplace Neisha, which has now closed its series A+ round.

The Tencent and Time Warner-backed developer of a game-based messaging platform with more than 87 million users, is now valued at $1.65bn.

MIT spinout Nano-C has received a final $3m tranche from angel investor Ray State, closing its latest round at $11.5m.

Shell Technology Ventures-backed energy storage platform Geli has raised $5.5m of an $8m round, taking its total funding to $19.5m.