Synthetic silk developer Spiber, backed by Godwin and Dai-ichi Life, has now raised a total of more than $260m.

Synthetic silk developer Spiber spun out of Keio University in 2007 and has now raised a total of more than $260m.

Cornes has pumped more cash into Bristol's haptics technology spinout Ultrahaptics to take its total to $84.3m.

IP Group and its Venture Fund II have pumped more cash into Bristol's haptics technology developer Ultrahaptics to take the spinout’s total to $84.3m.

Praktikertjänst-backed anti-cancer therapy developer Aprea Therapeutics has now raised more than $100m of funding.

Karolinska Institute-founded anti-cancer therapy developer Aprea Therapeutics has now raised more than $100m of funding.

Lilly Asia Ventures has contributed to a $35m funding round for Elpiscience which has brought its overall funding to $55m.

Asahi Kasei has supplied $1m in a series A extension to bring the total of the series A round, already backed by GC, to $10.5m.

The Bertelsmann India Investments-backed education course provider is reportedly in talks to raise $40m in a series C round led by Sequoia.

Alibaba has led the logistic information and service provider's series C round, bringing Keking's overall funding to $187m.