Impossible Foods, which is creating plant-based food meat substitutes, has emerged from stealth with $75m of funding from backers including Google.

Home automation company Vivint acquired the Google-backed cloud-storage company in order to enhance its smart home platform.

Big data company Palantir, whose investors include Reed Elsevier, has secured over $50m in additional funding, taking the total round to $444m.

SoftBank provided the cash as part of a joint venture to exploit the intellectual property of Legendary, which produces films, comic books and digital media.

Aquion Energy, a manufacturer of energy storage systems, has raised $24.6m in funding, a recent filing has revealed.

The GE-backed medical device company has now raised more than $60m in funding across four rounds.

The corporate venturing unit has invested a substantial undisclosed sum in the toiletry retailer.