Services

Prosus Group's corporate venture capital arm co-led a $104m series B round for car leasing specialist Kovi, which will drive a geographic expansion.

Qualcomm Ventures helped the e-commerce platform provider raise a series E round which took its overall funding to over $620m.

National Grid Partners contributed to data protection software provider Baffle's series B round while Axa and Zendesk exited sales enablement platform developer Seismic.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 was among the investors in the tailor-made item platform operator’s latest round, which took its valuation past the $1bn threshold.

Bike taxi service provider Rapido has surpassed $130m of overall funding through a series C round featuring corporate investors Shell Ventures, Yamaha and Positive Moves Consulting.

Seek Investments has provided $29.5m for the disability support worker matching platform, having also formed a strategic alliance with the business.

Q&A with Florian Chilla, investment manager, Randstad Innovation Fund; principal and co-founder, Taptrove Ventures

Ventricular assistance system developer CH Biomedical closed a Baheal-backed series D round while peer-to-peer lending platform Alami secured $17.5m in a round led by EV Growth.

The Lennar Ventures-backed homebuying programme operator secured its latest funding from multiple returning investors, six months after its series C round.

A Hanwha subsidiary will take an 8.8% stake in the UK-based satellite connectivity provider OneWeb, helping it increase its funding to $2.7bn since it has resurrected from bankruptcy.

Siemens Next47 helped sales tool developer Aforza secure $22m while cosmetics brand Sparty raised $18m from investors including Akatsuki and Marui Group.