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Recruit Holdings was among the investors in an oversubscribed round that the sales tool developer will use for sales, marketing and product development.

AI-powered media analysis startup Signal Media has raised new funding from investors including Hearst Media and RELX, after securing seed capital last year.

Dalian Wanda Group and existing investor IDG Capital Partners both took part in a CDH Investments-led round for the deep learning technology startup.

The secure messaging platform, backed by Google and a host of banks, is seeking between $125m and $200m at a pre-money valuation in excess of $1bn.

Tencent and GV have backed a series B round for Clear Labs, which has developed a food analytics platform aimed at producers and retailers.

Microsoft Ventures has come onboard as an investor to help the conversational sales platform developer take its total funding to more than $30m.

The mobile communication platform developer, backed by Pearson and McGraw-Hill in 2011, has now raised $95m altogether.

Microsoft expects the artificial intelligence fund to increase the rate of its investments, which now stands at 19 this year.

The software product analysis company has now raised more than $33m in financing since 2013, with Salesforce Ventures returning to reinvest.

Laura Oliphant has left her director position at Intel Capital to become chief executive of semiconductor testing startup Translarity.