Fidelity Growth Partners India joins $4m series B funding for cloud storage company.

Yulex Corporation grants $3m to University of Arizona to breed guayule, a rubber-producing plant for arid environments.

Launched in September 2012 a year after the company was founded, the bioinformatics tool of Sophia Genetics is being used by 12 hospitals and laboratories in Switzerland.

State-backed venture capital firm Mercia Fund Management and undisclosed business angels from the US and UK provided the money to Irresistible Materials (IM).

Mark Zupan, dean of University of Rochester, said: "The fund underscores Simon's commitment to providing rigorous and meaningful experiential learning opportunities for our students, and complements Simon's array of entrepreneurship educational options including the School's student startup incubator at High Tech Rochester and the annual Mark Ain Business Model Competition."

PDV Inter-Media Venture joins series A funding of digital publishing solutions provider.

Corporate venturing units YJ Capital, Cyber Agent, KDDI and Mitsubishi join $3m investment in Skype-based English language education business Rarejob.

Crunchfund amongst seed investors for shipping application developer

Janssen Labs-incubated biotechnology company raises $1.3m seed funding from high net worth backers

In January last year, Targovax raised just short of 13 NOK ($2.2m) from venture capital firm Birk Venture, RO Invest and the Norwegian Radium Hospital's research foundation.