Beauty treatments, medical procedures and personalisation are blending together, with China at the forefront of these key trends.

Brevan Howard Digital has led a $35m series B round for Messari while Robert Bosch Venture Capital participated in Tulu’s $25m series A.

About half of all vaccines are wasted due to challenges surrounding cold chain logistics, so EnsiliTech aims to remove the need for cold storage.

Allianz and White Mountains Insurance helped Pie Insurance raise $315m while Cargill and ADM chipped into Innovafeed‘s $250m series D round.

DG Daiwa Ventures contributed to a $40m series B round for Yellow Card Financial while Vitol provided $37m in series C funding for VavaCars.

Novo Holdings led a $75m series C round for Kate Farms while PayU and InfoEdge Ventures participated in DotPe’s $58m series B.

Alphabet led a $1bn round for its life sciences unit, PTT bets on insect startup and corporate-backed Propzy is set to shut down.

Intuitive Surgical was part of Galvanize Therapeutics’ $100m series B round while Intel Capital participated in a $90m series C for Fortanix.

Pfizer Ventures has hired Irena Melnikova, formerly CFO of Umoja Biopharma and MD of SVB Leerink, as an executive director.

Next47 has participated in a $205m series D round for Verkada while UPMC Enterprises has co-led SparingVision’s $75m series B.