Vision Fund 2 invested in e-commerce software provider Shoplazza and digital therapeutics developer Big Health as part of what is becoming a busy January.

Salesforce was among the investors that backed the virtual health service’s latest round, helping it take its funding to $216m altogether.

Q&A with Rob Coppedge, CEO, Echo Health Ventures

Volkswagen Group invested a nine-figure amount in 24M Technologies while SoftBank participated in a $100m series C round for Pixis.

Johnson & Johnson, Novo and Alphabet all invested in the clinical data platform developer’s latest round, as big data analytics moves further into healthcare.

Bank of Montreal provided debt and equity financing for industrial product marketplace Inxeption, which raised $275m, while smart home product maker Orvibo received $158m.

Rafael Torres had spent 14 years leading the healthcare investing teams at GE Equity and GE Ventures up to 2015.

Cancer diagnostics tech developer Freenome cashed in an additional $290m from returning investor Roche, which will support it as it looks to expand its products to additional cancers.

UK-based sales software providers Highspot and Cognism both scored funding in late-stage rounds, with Salesforce Ventures, Axa Venture Partners and Swisscom Ventures among the investors.

OSF HealthCare’s corporate venturing unit inaugurated its largest fund to date, following the close of $75m funds in 2016 and 2019.