The corporate-backed fund provided seed financing for delivery service Lockbox and joined liver damage testing company Humedics' series C round.

The lung treatment developer could be bought from backers including Merck and Novo for up to $444m.

Matter launched in Chicago with $3.5m of government backing and $4.4m of private funding, supplied partly by a range of strategic corporates.

The telecommunications network has showcased four new graduates from its 39works incubator in Tokyo.

The healthcare software producer secured $15m in the GE-backed round, which followed a $30m round raised two years ago.

Legend and Novartis co-led the genome mapping company's series C round, which increased its total funding to $113m.

Mitsui and BlueCross BlueShield will both exit Change Healthcare, which is set to become Emdeon's healthcare engagement division.