Rocket Internet-backed online furniture store Home24 is preparing an initial public offering for this coming summer.

Orange, Edenred and JCDecaux have put their weight behind Partech Africa, which has now secured more than $70m in funding towards its $123m target.

Ping An Insurance has raised almost $1bn in funding for its medical data analysis unit ahead of an initial public offering for the business, with investors including the SoftBank Vision Fund.

Enterprise cloud operator ServiceNow has backed Baffle as the company bolsters sales and marketing activities.

UC Berkeley-related artificial intelligence companies could receive up to $120,000 under the university's partnership with incubator the House and Google.

Qualcomm-backed physical performance analysis platform Sparta Science has raised series A funds as it looks to expand from sports into clinical health.