The new funds, which follow a $5m investment from Alibaba in 2013, is being made as part of a move to expand Peel's technology into the Chinese market.

Indian accessory producer Unico has raised an undisclosed sum from the Future Group unit, which took a 12% stake through the investment.

Insurance firm Ping An has invested an undisclosed sum in SIG-backed Payoneer, and will help it expand its international payment service in China.

Celgene secured the money two months after raising $100m from the Kuwait Investment Authority and additional funding from Blackberry.

The German media conglomerate has made a minority investment in music streaming service Deezer as part of a deal to merge it with ProSiebenSat.1's Ampya offering.

The company, which is developing a treatment or psoriasis and arthritis, raised part of the $10m round from clinical testing companies and has now raised $46m since it was founded.

Heraeus is investing in the Nottingham spin-out.

Goldman Sachs joined existing backers including software company SAP as Savo lifted its total funding to $84m.