Durham spinout Applied Graphene Materials raises $12m to scale up its manufacturing capacity.

The agriculture technology producer has added Monsanto and Syngenta to its shareholders as it increases its total funding to more than $30m.

3D printer developer Optomec secured $6m in a series B round backed by GE and Autodesk, the latter of which took part through its Spark Investment Fund.

The design software provider will invest in early-stage companies developing technology compatible with its Forge cloud design services platform.

The CyberAgent-backed 3D printing startup raised the cash from marketing firm Dentsu, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance and Global Brain.

The Motorola-backed semiconductor technology producer has now raised $70m altogether, and could hypothetically look to go public in the next two years.

DSM and corporate-backed venture fund Shift Invest contributed to a seed round that will help the nutritional ingredient developer initiate clinical testing for its first product.