Private equity firm QJY Capital invested the money, which follows roughly $138m from investors including Do-Fluoride Chemicals and Haijing.

Gauss Surgical has received series C funding from SoftBank and eight healthcare providers including Northwell Health, OSF Healthcare and Providence Healthcare.

Stanford-StartX Fund's portfolio company Gauss Surgical has received series C funding from SoftBank and eight healthcare providers.

HTGF has participated in a seed round for Kumovis, a spinout of Technical University of Munich that is working on 3D printers for medical technology.

Qpex Biopharma, which was spun off to develop The Medicines Company's anti-infective drug assets, has received $33m in its series A round.

ZF Friedrichshafen has paid an undisclosed sum for a stake in engineering services provider ASAP Holding sized at over 35%.

Pfizer has joined forces with Bain Capital to establish Cerevel Therapeutics, which has secured $350m in funding to target central nervous system disorders.

The Flex spinoff is developing industrial robotics software and has secured $179m in a series A round led by Eclipse Ventures, which was founded by Flex alumnus Lior Susan.

The natural chemistry developer has increased its funding to $50m altogether, in a Kraft Group-backed round that will support an expansion into the textile industry.

Seventure Partners has injected $5.2m into the Sanger Institute spinout, which has now raised $15.2m from investors also including IP Group and Cambridge Innovation Capital.