Citi-founded shareholder communication portal creator Proxymity has raised an initial $20.5m sum to expand its software and target additional markets.

PPD has backed clinical trial preparation software developer Medable as an existing investor having also partnered the business to launch a telemedicine-based clinical trial product last year.

The blockchain software deployment service has raised $21.6m to follow a series A round last year that included contributions from Coinbase Ventures, Ideo Colab Ventures and Ripple's Xpring.

Deutsche Bank and Axa Innovation Campus featured in a $29.2m round that brought enterprise book-keeping app developer Zeitgold's funding haul to approximately $57m.

ZAF Energy Systems has raised $45.6m to date after a series A round that featured the corporate venture capital arm of Holt Cat.

Workday Ventures returned for a $25m funding round for the online healthcare portal, whose shareholders also include GuideWell Mutual and Teladoc.

Axa Venture Partners and Orange Digital Ventures backed a $27.2m round that will fund product development and international growth for the employee engagement software provider.

Salesforce Ventures has thrown its weight behind Niche as the educational matchmaking service prepares to add thousands of schools to its platform.

UT Southwestern has formed central nervous system diseases treatment developer Taysha Gene Therapies with executives who previously worked for OSU's Avexis.

Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund co-led a series A round set to drive clinical work on UC Berkeley-founded Actym Therapeutics' immunotherapy pipeline.