A consortium of US-based angel investors are planning to develop an incubator for tech transfers from New Mexico University.

US-based Aerie Pharmaceuticals, backed by TPG, has raised $3m toward a $15m round of debt, rights and securities,

Astute Medical, a US-based provider of laboratory tests and backed by Johnson & Johnson Development and Kaiser Permanente Ventures, has raised $500,000.

Medical device company NeoChord, backed by the corporate venturing unit of Indiana University Health, Indiana's largest healthcare system, receives $850,000, of a possible $7m, in series B equity financing.

US-based 23AndMe, a genetics company backed by the corporate venturing division of search company Google, has raised a revised $58m in a series D round.

US-based life sciences technology company NanoString Technologies, backed by US-based conglomerate GE's Healthymagination operations has raised $275,000 through an offering of rights and securities.

US-based Naviscan has raised $1m toward a $3m equity round

US-based VeraLight, backed by US-based industrial group Dow Chemical and US-based life science instruments business InLight Solutions, has raised $200k in debt, rights and securities.

Drug company Catalyst Biosciences, backed by Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation, raises $13.4m in its latest round. The company is developing proteases for the treatment of a broad range of diseases with a strong focus on hemostasis and inflammation.