Molendotech was spun out from Plymouth half a year ago and has now secured a three-tranche commitment of $700,000 from investors.

The microbiome profiling business is the result of collaboration between two former Roche employees and researchers from UConn and Yale New Haven Hospital.

Agbar Group led a $4.9m round for the cyber threat detection provider that included existing investor Telefónica.

University of Sydney has spun out Kinoxis, which will develop a treatment for substance abuse disorders, with $3.9m in series A funding from a consortium led by Uniseed.

WeTravel, a graduate of UC Berkeley's SkyDeck accelerator, has been backed by The House Fund as it prepares to take its travel booking software overseas.

The laser technology developer secured the funding on the heels of a $410,000 ESA contract to develop subsystems for advanced communications satellites.

The Portland State spinout has raised an undisclosed sum to fund work on a conducive metal fluid that can make elastic materials electroactive.

Highlander Venture Fund has made its second investment, selecting Sensorygen as its latest portfolio company.