Patient analysis software producer BostonGene has received $50m from NEC in the form of a series A investment that will fund hiring and technology development.

Dilafor, a portfolio company of Karolinska Development, has attracted investors led by its manufacturing partner Opocrin to take its overall funding to more than $8.3m.

Martelet will stand down as chief executive, allowing CFO Ian Postlethwaite to marry the two roles as NetScientific looks to continue cutting costs.

The virtual behavioural telehealth provider has closed a Ziegler Link-Age-backed round following an extension led by Tech Council Ventures and Boston Millennia Partners.

Eli Lilly has made a $15m equity investment in precision medicine developer Avidity as part of a licensing and research collaboration deal.

SBI Investment led a $17.2m round that will enable the online healthcare platform developer to expand its hospital network in India.

MicroPort participated in the round through a partnership deal that gave it marketing rights for Rapid's endovascular devices in China.

The insulin inhaler developer has received $20.5m in a round featuring Koch Industries subsidiary Molex Ventures.

Baidu Ventures was among the participants in diagnostics technology developer Sherlock Biosciences' series A round, which has closed at $31m.

Co-founded by a former UChicago research director, surgery workflow software provider Explorer Surgical has increased its total funding to $9m.