Occupational learning app developer Talented has secured an undisclosed sum from a Duke University-backed incubator, the Startup Lab at the Centre for Advanced Hindsight.

The wireless internet provider has secured an investment from Cisco backed Digital Alpha to expand its team and fund a new technology centre.

Pfizer Venture Investments and Lundbeckfond Ventures have contributed to a fundraise that will support the orphan-drug accelerator's activities through 2021.

The capital will be used to start clinical development of a technique developed at Columbia University that could help tackle heart and metabolic diseases.

Virgin has provided an undisclosed amount for the ultra-fast transport developer, valued at $700m as of September, which will rebrand to Virgin Hyperloop One.

Singapore Press has returned to back the online reservation platform, investing alongside CapitaLand and Susquehanna International Group.

Clean Energy Innovation Fund provided $5m of the funding, as solar system startup Redback Technologies added funding to the cash raised from EnergyAustralia last year.

Seed-stage investors investors Everest Re Group and Houston International Insurance Group have returned to reinvest in the down payment insurance supplier.