Illumina has also gathered £20m ($25m) to every graduate from its UK-based accelerator.

Break maker's Batch Ventures will announce our second investment later this month.

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

The vehicle charging technology developer, spun out of UC Irvine, has now raised $191m in total.

The stealthy consumer device startup took its total funding to $22m in just four months, with Alphabet unit GV leading its series A round.

The gas-to-hydrogen technology developer bagged $11.5m in funding to commercialise technology developer at UC Santa Barbara.

Alphabet's GV unit and Huami both took part as the portable MRI device developer completed an oversubscribed series D round.

Marubeni Ventures helped the online fresh food supplier push its overall funding past the $240m mark as it looks to expand further across the United States.

The Lepu-backed genetic cancer therapy developer has completed a $94.9m round co-led by CICC Capital, Share Capital, Vertex Ventures China and Qianhai FOF.

Cleva Pharma Capital backed a series C round that will support the clinical progress of drug candidates for sensorineural hearing loss and multiple sclerosis.