Investment firm and company builder Accelerator Life Science Partners has launched Proniras Corporation, a US-based developer of seizure disorder treatments, with an undisclosed amount of funding from investors including Alexandria Venture Investments, Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC and WuXi AppTec Corporate Ventures, respective subsidiaries of real estate investment trust Alexandria Real Estate Equities and pharmaceutical firms Johnson & Johnson and WuXi AppTec. The units were joined by pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly, Arch Venture Partners, Watson Fund and WRF Capital. US-based software testing technology developer Cobalt.io secured $5m on Wednesday from investors including DG Incubation, a subsidiary of internet company Digital Garage. VC fund ByFounders​ led the round, which also featured ​eLab Ventures​,​ Plug and Play Ventures​ and ​Draper Associates, and which followed a $1m round in 2014 featuring Kima Ventures and angel investors including ​Draper Associates founder Tim Draper, and a $1.5m in an eLab Ventures-led seed round in 2016 that included Draper Associates. Hospitality group Huazhu Hotels has led a series A+ round of undisclosed size for ParkBox, the China-based owner of a network of public fitness pods, Kr Asia reported on Tuesday. ParkBox, which has opened more than 50 of the mini gyms in the city of Shanghai, will use the funding to support an expansion into another city, Hangzhou, and into hotel-based projects, 500 of which are set to be installed at Huazhu hotels Group in the next two years. US-based mobile power technology startup EcoFlow has raised more than $4m in series A funding from battery cell producer Guangzhou Penghui Energy, battery pack maker Scud Group and moulding and tooling services provider ESID. The round also featured Delian Capital and Chunjia Assets, and the capital will go to research and development and sales as EcoFlow, which also has an office in China, prepares to expand into new markets. Eruvaka, the India-based developer of an agricultural data system, has secured an undisclosed amount in a series B round led by animal nutrition and aqua feed product supplier Nutreco, VCCircle reported on Monday. Nutreco picked up a 25% stake through the round, which included Omnivore, the impact investor that provided an undisclosed amount of seed funding for Eruvaka in 2013. Credit union TwinStar supplied $3m of funding for Constellation Digital Partners, the US-based operator of an online marketplace for credit unions, on Monday as part of a strategic partnership deal. Constellation has now raised a total of $29m and its past investors include credit unions Vizo Financial,…

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