As part of its financing, Cargill is collaborating with Evolva on creating Steviol Glycosides, a sweetener, through fermentation rather than needing to be grown in Stevia plants.

Andrew Gaule, founder of the Corven Corporate Venturing Network, talks to David
Atkinson, managing partner of Circadia Ventures, fund manager for Tate & Lyle
Ventures.

D2M is understood to be bringing out a prototype of the wrist-worn device, which will save the last minute of buffered memory and send it wirelessly for editing and sharing the audio file.

Sachin Bansal, the co-founder and chief executive of Flipkart, told news provider TechCircle that the round of funding would be large considering it has already raised four rounds of funding.

Julep Beauty, a US-based beauty brand, has raised $10.3m in series B round from venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz, which led the round, and Maveron, which was co-founded by Howard Schultz, coffee retailer Starbucks chief executive.

Online ordering platform EatStreet, started by Wisconsin graduates, receives $2m in a series A round from new and existing backers.

Alongside Amex Ventures in the round were Millard Drexler, chief executive of retailer J Crew, according to news provider New York Times.