Restaurant chain Ajisen provided $60m of the cash, and the online food ordering company secured the rest from Hina Group.

The media company is reportedly in talks to invest $250m in Buzzfeed at a $1.5bn valuation, while Vox would receive funding at an $850m valuation.

Visa has formed a strategic partnership with Stripe in addition to backing a series D round, raised at a $5bn valuation, that included American Express.

The accountancy software provider has closed $17.5m in funding and announced a corporate venturing unit dubbed Expensify Ventures.

The e-commerce company provided the convertible loan to online parenting community BabyTree as part of a larger $250m debt package.

The online events platform, which counts DLA Piper and Grace Beauty among its investors, has closed a round that boosted its overall funding to $17m.

The medical device producer has now raised $40m in financing altogether, having secured $4m in a Novo-backed equity round and $4m in debt from GE Capital.