UK-based GoCompare has made its first strategic investment outside its home country, in a $14.5m round for Middle East price comparison platform Souqalmal.

Novo and Nan Fung Life Sciences are among the investors as Harmony Biosciences, which focuses on central nervous system disorders.

Seven corporates, including returning investors GE, Saudi Aramco, Robert Bosch and Dell, have contributed to the data analytics software developer's series B round.

The big data-equipped business intelligence software provider has now raised $45m in total, securing new funding in a UMC Capital and Comcast Ventures-backed round.

University of Tokyo's investment unit and financial services provider Shinsei Bank have backed the fund, which will support local spinouts and startups.

Nippon Life and Kaga were among the participants in a $6.5m round for connected sensor technology developer Skydisc, which will use the cash for hiring.

Worldpay took part in a $21.7m Highland Europe-led round that will support the behavioural analytics platform's international expansion.

Touchstone Innovations has returned to back behavioural analytics spinout Featurespace in a funding round that also included payment processing platform Worldpay.