Cox Automotive, Denso, Penske, Deutsche Bahn and Mitsui have all backed a $28.6m series B round for RideCell, whose existing shareholders include BMW.

To date, Kneron has raised more than $33m in funding from investors including Alibaba, Qualcomm, Himax and Thundersoft.

VIPCode, which provides online programming education service for teenagers and children aged 6 to 16 years, has raised $13.3m.

NGP Capital and BMW are among the investors in car mechanic marketplace operator Caroobi's latest round, which takes its overall tally to approximately $30m.

Siemens has celebrated an exit as Thoma Bravo acquired its portfolio company LogRhythm, which had raised more than $121m from investors.

The round, already backed by Amazon Alexa Fund, has been increased by $36m through an extension that featured AGL Energy.

Samsung Next has put its weight behind a series B round for Virtru, the developer of end-to-end data protection technology.

The amount serves as a first close of the series E round and has been provided by investors including Weifu High-Technology Group.

The in-home assistant service has secured $40m in series B funding from backers such as Divco West and Invesco.

Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures backed a $70m series C round for Chime, having previously supported an $18m series B nine months ago.