Supply chain finance startup Linklogis has raised money in a series B round featuring Bertelsmann Asia Investments and existing investor Tencent.

Access Technology Ventures has invested $100m to lead a $300m round for smartphone maker Essential Products that included Tencent and Amazon Alexa Fund.

The Melbourne smart energy and home-themed accelerator has secured Spotless Group, EnergyAustralia, Amazon, Cisco, Google and Intel as backers.

The car dealership e-commerce startup has completed a $5.2m seed round backed by talent agency Emagen Entertainment Group and legal firm Perkins Coie.

Citrix Systems was among the investors in the latest round for business planning technology provider Kyndi, a graduate of its Citrix Startup Accelerator in 2015.

SoftBank China and Legend Capital both participated in a round that the gastrointestinal cancer diagnostics device developer will use to expand its R&D activities.

The electric vehicle developer has not named the investors in its latest round but its existing shareholders include corporates Tencent and Foxconn.

Institute of Science and Technology Austria has joined forces with Lansdowne Partners to establish a seed fund primarily aimed at spinouts domestically and internationally.

CWRU spinout Neuros Medical has raised $20m in a series AA round backed by Osage University Partners.

Twilio and Salesforce have contributed to a Social Capital-led series A round closed nine months after the one-to-one messaging platform's $3m seed round.