Tsinghua University gains approval for an investment in data centre service provider 21Vianet to control 51% of its voting share with an approximate 21.4% share stake.

MindMaze is developing a platform for building virtual and augmented reality products and is currently focusing on neuroscience.

Aberdeen spinout TauRx raises $135m to bring its dementia treatment through Phase 3 trials.

Bill Gates among investors in $108m series D for Stanford spinout Impossible Foods, which is looking to make meat from plants.

Tsinghua Unigroup backs mobile operating system developer Acadine with $100m.

Immunotherapy firm Immunocore, which started life at Oxford University, raises the largest biotech round in European history.

Google, Time Warner, Turner Sports, NBC and Comcast all participated in a round that valued the fantasy sports operator at more than $1bn.

US-based biotech startup Denali launches with $217m in backing from Arch Venture Partners and others.

Fred Hutchinson spin-out Adaptive Biotechnologies raises $195m for immunotherapy treatments.