Vertical Venture Partners has joined university venture fund Highlander Venture Fund as an investor in UC Riverside-founded mosquito repellent developer Sensorygen.

Newly-launched Bern University of Applied Sciences spinout Threatray believes its automated malware detection design will improve upon existing approaches.

Agilent and Lam Research participated in a $30m series B for UCSF's DNA analysis spinout Mission Bio, whose existing shareholders include Stanford-StartX Fund.

The indoor farming specialist intends to expand rapidly in 2019 after raising $90m in a round led by existing investor GV.

Dell-backed cloud billing service Aria Systems has now raised $180m altogether, securing $30m from Runway Capital and its existing investors.

Grab has increased its latest round to $2.85bn with a $150m investment by its latest strategic partner, Yamaha Motor.

The tea product supplier has become the fourth business backed by University of Maryland Momentum Fund.

Bristol quantum computer security spinout Kets Quantum Security has won investment from Kx Systems after joining the corporate-backed Teac communications accelerator last year.

The car retailer invested $50m to lead Vroom's series G round, becoming its first corporate backer and helping increase the online car retailer’s total funding to $440m.

The GV-backed financial software technology provider raised series C funding in a Kleiner Perkins-led round that valued it at $2.65bn.