The money transfer network has now raised $46m altogether and will use Rakuten's help to expand in Asia.

OpenText participated in Assent Compliance's latest funding round, which will be used to hire an additional 100 staff members, through its Enterprise Application Fund.

Touch-free interface designer EyeSight, already backed by Ceva and Mistui, has attracted $20m in capital from Chinese conglomerate Kuang-Chi.

EMC and VMWare spun out software development company Pivotal Software in 2012 and have returned for a round featuring GE and Microsoft, in which Ford invested $182m.

Ecomachines sells its shares in Warwick spinout Recycling Technologies to an undisclosed private investor.

The electric vehicle charging network boosted its overall funding to more than $160m in a round backed by strategic partner Constellation Energy.

Leo Group has committed $54m to a funding round for electric vehicle producer Chehejia in return for an 11.75% stake in the company.

Data collection and analysis platform Vidsys, backed by IDG and Motorola Solutions in the past, has picked up $11m in new funding, taking its overall financing to almost $43m.