LimeBike, an app-controlled bike sharing platform, has secured funding from StartX to help it expand to 30 US markets by the end of 2017.

The Competition & Markets Authority decision has allowed IP Group to confirm that its offer will become unconditional on November 9.

IdKids, Econocom, Bayard and Hachette Livre were among the limited partners to contribute to the $53.1m first close of edtech-focused Educapital's venture capital fund.

Xiaomi and E-City Ventures were among the participants in the instalment-based e-commerce platform's latest round, taking its total funding to $13m.

Bain Capital Life Sciences, Cormorant Asset Management and RA Capital co-led the Staidson-backed inflammatory disease drug developer's latest round.

Singapore Press has returned to back the online reservation platform, investing alongside CapitaLand and Susquehanna International Group.

Tengelmann Ventures has led small business lender Compeon's series B round, having previously backed its $2.8m series A two years ago.

Legend and Susquehanna International Group stand to score an exit as peer-to-peer lending platform PPdai gears up for a flotation on the New York Stock Exchange.

The podcasting platform, which uses natural language processing to power in-audio search, has raised $12.8m in series A funding from investors including SIG China.