GV has led a consortium that included Osage University Partners in an overubscribed round that closed at $51.7m.

The Yale spinout has closed an oversubscribed $80m funding round that featured Osage University Partners and Connecticut Innovations, boosting its total funding to $100m.

Osage University Partners has taken part in a series B round for PMV Pharmaceuticals.

Bpifrance has joined a consortium of investors that already featured Inserm Transfer Initiative and that previously provided $35m in funding.

A spinout from UCSF affiliate Gladstone Institutes, Tenaya secured funding from VC firm Column Group to develop cures for heart disease.

Biotechnology developer Magenta Therapeutics, which exploits Harvard research, has launched with series A funding provided by investors including Alphabet.

The Harvard spinout has increased a round already backed by Cedars-Sinai and LabCorp from $28m to $45m following an extension provided by unnamed new investors.

Based on research conducted at MIT Media Lab, Oblong Industries is developing spatial, gesture-enabled technologies and has now added Utimco to its shareholders.