The accelerator will focus on health and fitness technologies and is being support by Johns Hopkins University, University Maryland and others.

The research collaboration agreement is the largest ever such deal signed by Purdue University.

Chronic disease prevention platform Solera Health has now raised more than $30m in total, after raising funding from backers including Blue Cross Blue Shield Venture Partners.

Gencove has developed a genetic testing program that enables users to access services such as genome sequencing without requiring access to a lab themselves.

The vital signs tracker developer has raised $13.5m in an oversubscribed round that included corporates Swiss Re and STMicroelectronics.

Novo, Johnson and Johnson, Eli Lilly and Novartis are all participants in the neurodegenerative disease drug developer's first funding round.

E-Scape Bio, a spinout of Gladstone Institutes, has achieved a final close of its series A thanks to commitments from Osage University Partners and several corporates.