Finance for Business North East invests $173,000 in Hexislab, a company using machine learning to identify compounds for skincare.

The Kaust Innovation Fund backs Nomadd, an automated cleaning system for solar panels, spun out of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, in its $1m series A round.

Imperial Innovations reinvests in Imperial College London spinout Inflowmatix in a $4.3m series A round that also gained investment from Parkwalk Advisors.

Tsinghua University's accelerator program backs food delivery service Xia Baby, which focuses on crayfish.

Stem cell company Definigen, a Cambridge spinout, raises $2.3m to launch new pancreatic and lung stem cell products to support predictions of drug candidates before clinical trials.

Texas spinout Decisio Health launches its bedside clinical intelligence platform to support healthcare staff in hospitals following a $4.5m series A round.

Carnegie Mellon University spinout and Google Lunar Xprize competitor Astrobotic raises $2.5m as it plans to take personal mementos to the moon to claim Google's award.

Michigan University has backed a $4m series A round for ViewPoint, which is developing therapies for eye diseases.