Baxalta's corporate venturing vehicle co-led a round that will support the cancer immunotherapy developer as it looks to advance a leukaemia candidate into clinical testing.

The Cambridge spinout previously raised a $2.5m series A round backed by the university and up to $3.4m in a 2014 funding round backed by Parkwalk Advisors.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association led the oncology management company's funding round through its corporate venturing affiliate.

The virtual reality technology startup will use the capital raised through the oversubscribed series A round to grow its development and engineering teams.

Fraunhofer spinout Nexwafe will use the capital to commercialise its silicon wafers for solar cells.

HC Technologies was among the investors in consumer lender Cumulus Funding's $6m series A round, secured alongside a $25m debt facility.

Engie co-led a series B round for smart cities technology provider StreetLight Data, also backed by Deutsche Telekom, which has raised more than $13m in total.

Bertelsmann India Investments led the round's $6m first tranche in January, before BigFoot, the owner of e-commerce services provider KartRocket, closed it at $8m.