SoftBank itself will come out with a 15% stake in Uber as part of a primary and secondary deal that looks set to top $8bn.

MercadoLibre has invested in the Latin America-based consumer electronics exchange, which counts Wayra as an earlier investor.

Upside Energy, the operator of a cloud energy management system, has raised $7.4m in a series A round co-led by Legal & General Capital.

Scaleworks has paid an undisclosed amount to acquire data API developer Keen IO, which had raised $30m, allowing Hewlett Packard Enterprise to exit.

Leta Capital has exited connected car platform developer Bright Box, three years after it invested $1.5m in the company.

Companion robot developer Intuition Robotics has raised $6m in a round featuring Mirai Creation Investment, backed by existing Intuition investor Toyota.

Bristol-Myers Squibb joined the urology treatment developer's investors in a round led by Yonghua Capital.

Tencent and China Minmetals have contributed to a round for smart EV developer WM, which already counted Baidu and SIG as investors.

The property sales marketplace has received $8.3m in a round backed by Commerzbank's venture capital unit.