Peer-to-peer lending platform Funding Circle extends reach across the Atlantic with $37m venture backing.

University venture fund Osage University Partners backs Sideris Pharmaceuticals in $32m series A.

Basis Science, maker of the Basis wristband for collecting personal health data, extends series B financing by $11.75m to $23m, with investments from Intel Capital, Stanford University and others.

Cloud-based enterprise translation software company Smartling raises $24m series C funding led by Tenaya Capital and including IDG Ventures.

Orphan drug accelerator has now raised $26m from investors including Lundbeckfond Ventures and Pfizer, to help create companies focused on rare diseases.

Heartland Payments Systems invests $20m in Leaf, maker of a tablet designed for retail merchants.

Celgene Corporation commits $35m to biopharmaceutical company PharmAkea in strategic alliance to develop therapeutics for cancer and fibrosis.