Country Garden Venture Capital led a $66.3m series B2 round for the bioplastic and pathogen detector developer that included Septwolves Venture Capital.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

E14 Fund is an existing backer of Elroy Air, although it did not return for the $40m series A round.

Imec.xpand has returned for a $16m series B round that will allow Spectricity to accelerate the development of its sensors and imagers.

JD Health has backed a $93m series D round for Rimag, while a couple of India-based startups delivered exits.

John Deere is paying $250m to buy the AgFunder-backed self-driving tractor system developer.

The engineering technology provider’s newly formed Trimble Ventures unit will target startups and scale-ups working on technologies strategic to its existing industrial businesses.

Pulse Medical and BioMap are among the companies that raised nine-figure rounds, while Amwell bought two corporate-backed companies at once.

China Life Private Equity Investment was among the investors in the Beijing Eswin subsidiary’s series B round, seven months after its reported series A.

A range of strategic investors have backed a series A5 round for the clean nuclear energy technology developer that leverages OSU research.