Theraclone Sciences and University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have jointly formed the oncology startup, which has raised $9.5m in series A capital.

Cambridge spinout GeoSpock secures $5.4m to become the Google of big data.

Student financial aid self-service platform CampusLogic brings in $7.5m for its series A.

Ericsson has contributed to a seed round for NodePrime, which provides software to manage data centres and which has just emerged from stealth mode.

The company, which operates a self-service platform for financial aid aimed at students, raised the money in a round backed by Great Lakes Higher Education.

The handmade goods marketplace has been in business since 2011 and has just raised its first external funding in a GMO-backed round.

The insurance group backed a $2m extension to BeneStream's series A round, which has closed at almost $6.3m.

Allianz and Verizon have backed the roadside assistance service's series A round, bringing the startup's overall funding to $8.7m.

The home automation and monitoring technology provider has secured $9.4m in funding from Haier, SAIF and Foxconn to support global expansion.

Google-backed Amino specialises in launching mobile communities apps focused on a specific topic and has created 41 such apps to date.