The autonomous driving system developer sourced commitments from corporates Toyota, BMW, Faurecia and Osram in a round led by GreatPoint Ventures.

The blockchain banking platform developer secured $14.3m in a round co-led by Sony Financial Ventures and NKB Group, and will use the cash to expand its team.

Novo, Partners Healthcare and Sham all contributed to a $74.6m round for Alizé Pharma 3, which is exploiting research from three US institutions.

Novo Ventures, Partners Innovation and Sham Innovation Santé all contributed to a $74.6m round for the third company to carry the Alizé Pharma moniker.

Stanford University has backed a $12m series A for identity management technology developer Truework, which has been expanding its business in the employment and loan referencing space.

The proactive cybersecurity software developer has closed a $23m series A round led by Intel Capital and is now out of stealth mode.

Fosun Capital co-led a round for prostate cancer and gout drug developer Hinova Pharma, which had previously raised capital in 2014 and 2017.

UTokyo IPC, Keio Innovation Initiative and Innovations and Future Creation have contributed to a $79.7m series A that increased the Tokyo spinout's total funding to about $100m.

Shimizu, Mori Trust and Fuyo General Lease have contributed to a $79.7m series A round that increased the Japan-based small SAR satellite developer’s total funding to about $100m.

Red Star Macalline has invested in drug manufacturing services provider Mingdu Intelligent as part of a round that will fund the latter's R&D marketing efforts.