IT

Innovative region: China

This is our data snapshot based on last month’s investment activity. 
The charts and tables have been generated by our data platform GCV Analytics.

Salesforce Ventures and Comdata both invested in the customer support visualisation platform's series B round, which will fund product development and sales and marketing.

Pypestream took its total funding to $35m in a $15m round led by WR Berkley, whose director of investments has joined the chatbot developer's board.

Jetstack, OpenCredo and Cygnacom are the first three recipients of cash from the cybersecurity technology producer's Machine Identity Protection Development Fund.

ETH Zurich-founded cybersecurity business Xorlab focuses on thwarting email attacks through a combination of machine learning and advanced dynamic analysis.

Slack Fund has joined the Salesforce-backed sales coaching platform developer's series B round, boosting its overall funding to $38m

Blockchain technology developer Orbs has added some $15.4m in cryptocurrency to the $118m it raised in May, and expects the funding to last seven years.

The technology hardware community's inaugural fund, which reached its first close in June, is backed by Foxconn, BPIfrance and Crédit Mutuel Arkéa.

The software automation technology developer added Dell Ventures and Orr Partners to its investor list in a $22.5m round that took its total funding to almost $33m.

HomeToGo has acquired the troubled Recruit-backed holiday home rental platform Tripping for an undisclosed amount of money. The company is part of the larger travel and accommodation space, which has seen growth of corporate-backed deals in recent years.