The other co-lead and new investor was Almi Invest, which joined existing investors including T-bolaget, Wikow Ventures, SGP Group and Servisen.

Since 2007, Soon-Shiong, Los Angeles' richest man after forming Abraxis BioScience, has funded more than 35 companies spanning healthcare, education, science, and technology before in September last year he set up NantWorks, which also runs NantAccelerator to provide seed funding and resources to support start-ups.

BioMarCare is a portfolio company of Hadasit Bio-Holdings, a publicly traded holding company for businesses using intellectual property developed and owned by Israel's Hadassah University Hospital.

BioMarCare is a portfolio company of Hadasit Bio-Holdings, a publicly traded holding company for businesses using intellectual property developed and owned by Israel's Hadassah University Hospital.

The past few weeks has seen indications for how corporations will work with venture capital peers, charities and endowments, government-sponsored funds and others, including secodnaries and family offices, to create syndicates that can support the next generation of entrepreneurial ideas, academics and companies.

Previously, Gray was chief executive of Nura, a privately held biotechnology company acquired by Omeros in 2006.

Repeat entrepreneur Dionne joins the molecular therapeutics company, backed by Genentech and GlaxoSmithKline's corporate venturing unit, which was founded by three academics in the field of epigenetics.

Royal DSM invests again in "super-bug" treatment company IQ Therapeutics.