Stanford-StartX-backed touch sensor developer Sensel increased its total funding to $38m, closing the second tranche of a round including Smit and SIG.

JFE Chemical, JXTG, Nagase, Obayashi, Teijin and Yokogawa Electric backed a $74.4m round for the polymer-based battery producer.

Touch sensor developer Sensel increased its total funding to $38m, closing the second tranche of a round including Smit and Susquehanna International Group.

Aflac Ventures has invested in cardiac diagnosis system developer Tricog Health as part of a $10.5m round that took its total funding to more than $17m.

Voyage Group and Akatsuki's AET Fund both exited co-living space operator StayAbode, which has been bought by NestAway in a cash-and-equity transaction.

The industrial robotics technology developer has followed up an Intel Capital investment last August with $14.3m in a round led by Sequoia Capital China.

Zhonghan Insurance's online health insurance services spinoff Zuanwa almost doubled its total funding to nearly $29m with a $14.1m round featuring Longfor Properties.

Eli Lilly and WuXi AppTec contributed to what was reportedly a down round for T-cell oncology treatment developer Immunocore following a $320m raise in 2015.

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

Autonomous car developer Waymo has snatched up its first external funding, with parent company Alphabet, Magna International and AutoNation all investing.