Existing shareholders, including IP Group and Finance Wales, have supplied additional capital to Cardiff spinout Alesi Surgical.

Based on research conducted at University of Oxford and Netherlands Cancer Institute, Scenic Biotech has raised $7.3m to commercialise technology that tackles diseases on the genetic level.

Intel Capital has led an $8m round for big data technology provider Falcon Computing Solutions that also featured Baidu's corporate venturing unit.

Multi-asset class portfolio management platform Solovis has secured $8m from a consortium that included existing backer Northwestern University.