University of East Anglia spin-out Spectral Edge offers up image enhancement technology for colour blindness.

Government body Innovate UK provides funding to Oxehealth for secure room monitoring.

The unit committed 36% of its funding in 2014 to health and life sciences, while the mobile and enterprise sectors also benefited from a retreat from consumer investments.

The China-based ophthalmology hospital group will provide 9.8% of the capital for the fund, which will target eyecare startups in the region.

Juno Therapeutics, an immunotherapy firm, is targeting $213m in its upcoming IPO.

Utrecht University is one of the backers for biopharma firm Cristal Therapeutics.

Laboratory Corporation of America joined backers including Novartis to increase Advanced Animal Diagnostics' funding to more than $37m.

Maynooth University spin-out Neuromod launches device to provide relief to tinnitus sufferers.