QUT Bluebox has joined corporates Holland Insurance and Seven West Media in the second funding round for over-60s package holiday portal Starts at 60.

Sana has emerged with funding from investors including F-Prime Capital, Arch and Flagship Pioneering to develop genetically modified hypoimmogenic stem cells.

Harel Insurance and Phoenix Insurance both backed a series C round that took the lidar technology developer's overall funding to $214m.

Cosmian has secured backing from the PSL Innovation Fund to advance products based on inventions from multiple French research institutes including PSL-hosted Inria.

Sunshine Insurance co-led the recruitment software producer's series C round, which will fund the development of IfChange's candidate matching technology.

Robotics technology provider CloudMinds has recruited Vision Fund, managed by existing investor SoftBank, for a $300m round that will fund the ramping up of its production capabilities.

The firm posted its half-year results for the period ending December 2018, registering an 83% year-on-year rise in turnover and a 43% gain in the fair value of its portfolio.

The lidar technology developer has followed a $27m series A round by adding $60m from investors including existing backers Cox Enterprises and Exelon.

Roche Venture Fund was among the existing investors that helped supply $50m for Arch Oncology, the cancer drug developer formerly known as Tioma.

The Bloomberg-backed cybersecurity technology developer reeled in $26m in a round co-led by Sorenson Ventures, Lytical Ventures and Edison Partners.