Nexenta, already backed by several corporates, has entered into a strategic partnership with SoftBank as part of a $20m funding round.

Existing backer Rakuten was also among the investors, as on-demand ride service Lyft added $500m to a round that values it at $1.5bn post-money.

Redpoint Ventures and Vertex Ventures have funded the Bloomberg-backed software management tool developer's series B round.

JPMorgan Chase has co-led a series A round for cybersecurity software provider ReversingLabs that will support international growth.

Mytonomy, the developer of a patient education platform for hospitals, has raised money in a series A round backed by Philips and MedStar Health.

Stanford Graduate School of Business is among the investors in a $1.5m funding round for Upswing, which helps online students connect with their cohort.

The optical systems designer has received cash from the Parkwalk Opportunities Fund, approximately four months after being spun out of Oxford.

Cambridge Innovation Capital has released the numbers for its performance during the first half of the financial year, boasting a rise in its portfolio's fair value to $116m.