Path wins backing from Allen & Co, Richard Branson and Yuri Milner, taking it to more than $30m raised.

Solvays backs the supplier of high-performance functional materials for the electronics and opto-electronics industries again.

Voxer is set to raise the $30m, with the money being reportedly raised at a $180m pre-money valuation.

The quasi-corporate venturing units of two Danish foundations back the kidney treatment company.

The Siemens and Applied Materials-backed solar company increases the size of its C round, which saw Siemens take a 16% stake in the company last year.

Media company Hearst Corporation takes a 20% stake in the UK-based design intelligence company, and separately one of its corporate venturing unit's portfolio companies raises a $20m round.

Since 2007, Soon-Shiong, Los Angeles' richest man after forming Abraxis BioScience, has funded more than 35 companies spanning healthcare, education, science, and technology before in September last year he set up NantWorks, which also runs NantAccelerator to provide seed funding and resources to support start-ups.

Oil recovery company Glori Energy raises $20m in January, with backing from Energy Technology Ventures.

Neiman Marcus, which is owned by private equity firms Warburg Pincus and TPG, is investing $28m in Glamour as its first move into China's luxury market.