Smart projector and TV manufacturer Holatek has attracted $86.5m in series D funding from a consortium led by Alibaba that featured the newly unveiled 36Kr Fund.

SoftBank Vision Fund has reportedly put $100m into the delivery service provider, whose existing shareholders include Qualcomm Ventures.

Source Code Capital and an unnamed sovereign wealth fund have provided capital for Edianzu, the IT equipment supplier backed by Lakala.

Occupational learning tool developer NovoEd, based on research at Stanford, has been bought by Devonshire Investors after raising $4.8m of series A capital in 2014.

Stanford-Start X Fund has put its weight behind Oh My Green's seed round, which also attracted a host of venture capital firms.

Oxford Nanopore has secured $66m from Amgen, after the latter’s subsidiary Decode Genetics used the spinout’s technology to sequence hundreds of human genomes.

The recycling-focused Closed Loop Fund has secured funding from Amazon, following earlier commitments by a host of other corporates.

Intel-backed Yottaa boosted its total funding to almost $64m as it prepares to take its e-commerce web performance tools into international markets.

Purplebricks and Axel Springer both took part in a $22.8m round for online real estate marketplace Homeday, taking board seats in the process.

Urban Infrastructure Partner, which provides bicycle sharing services for municipal clients in Norway and Scotland, raised the cash from Møller Mobility and Selvaag Invest.