Building on work at MIT’s Koch Institute of Integrative Cancer Research, Elicio hopes to begin patient studies in 2020 for pancreatic, colorectal, head and neck cancers.

Siemens' Next47 fund and KCPL both participated in the $23.6m round, which the commercial cleaning robot provider will use to increase headcount.

Sofinnova Partners and New Enterprise Associates have co-led an oversubscribed series A round for Polyneuron Pharmaceuticals, spun out of University of Basel.

The Cisco-backed data analytics software provider boosted its total funding to $50m in a series C round led by Coatue Management.

The Bloomberg-backed cybersecurity technology developer reeled in $26m in a round co-led by Sorenson Ventures, Lytical Ventures and Edison Partners.

The Mitsui-backed glucose monitoring technology provider will use the series E proceeds to fund the commercialisation of its device in the US.

The employee management platform developer has completed an M12-led round that took its overall funding past the $40m mark and will use the cash for hiring.

NetApp, GE Ventures, Cisco Investments and HPE all chipped in as data storage technology provider Portworx boosted its overall funding to more than $55m.

Workday joined existing investor Microsoft in a round that will support the development of WorkBoard's enterprise planning software, taking its total funding to $35m.

The Citi Ventures-led round increased the total raised by the freelance business and financial planning service to $60m in the past five years.