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Maana, the creator of a data analytics technology for industrial assets, has welcomed Saudi Aramco to an investor base already containing GE, Shell, Chevron and Intel.

Sumavision was among the investors in a series A round that the data processing company will put toward product development, sales and marketing.

The cyberthreat intelligence platform took its overall funding to $7.3m in a round featuring telecom network KPN's corporate venturing unit.

SparkCognition has raised $6m in a round backed by CME Ventures and Verizon Ventures, a few months after winning at 2015's Nokia Open Innovation Challenge.

Data collection and analysis platform Vidsys, backed by IDG and Motorola Solutions in the past, has picked up $11m in new funding, taking its overall financing to almost $43m.

Mannai Corporation-backed Nexthink, which uses artificial intelligence to monitor and analyse network traffic, has raised $40m to drive international expansion.

EPFL spinout Nexthink, which uses artificial intelligence to monitor and analyse network traffic and is backed by Mannai Corporation, raises $40m to drive international expansion.

The smart sensor developer added GV and Munich Re to its investors in a round that took its overall funding to $36m in the past 18 months.

HTC has launched a $100m accelerator program and corporate venturing fund dubbed Vive X that will seek out opportunities in the virtual reality sector.