Mastercard led a round for the payment card management platform that included fellow strategic partners Regions Financial, Synchrony Financial and RRE Ventures.

Takeda has made an equity investment in new strategic partner Ovid Therapeutics as part of a round sized at $25.9m, according to a securities filing.

Alibaba and Ant Financial's local services venture has raised funding at a reported $8bn valuation, from investors including Silver Lake, CDH Investments, iPrimavera Capital and Yunfeng Capital.

The CME Group-backed payment transfer platform has raised $6.85m and will use the funding to increase headcount at its Iowa headquarters.

The fund, a partnership between Macomb Community College and JPMorgan Chase, is investing $225,000 in a total of five local startups.

International Finance Corporation is lining up an investment of up to $10m in Flipkart-backed business-to-business logistics services provider BlackBuck.

The Utrecht University spinout has obtained money from a range of state-backed entities, including Brabant Development Agency and Limburg Development and Investment Company.