UZH-founded skin graft creator Cutiss has welcomed series A investors led by Giammaria Giuliani in a bid to provide improved healing of dermatological scars left by reconstructive or plastic surgery.

The AI data management software developer has raised money in a series B round featuring Dell Technologies Capital and Citi Ventures.

Intel Capital, which had previously backed the Amazon and Sony-backed companion robot developer in 2016, also took part in its latest round.

Calibrate Ventures has led a $22m series A in Embodied, a robotics developer co-founded by USC professor Maja Matari.

Companion robot developer Embodied, backed by Osage University Partners, has raised $12.4m in a round with a target size of approximately $18.8m.

Stealth-stage SpinLaunch, which is developing a kinetic energy-based space launch system, raised the cash from investors including Airbus and Alphabet.

Life insurance platform Ethos has emerged from stealth with backing from investors including Roc Nation as it looks to drive business growth and product development.

StrideBio is based on research conducted at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and University of Florida.

The oversubscribed round has been backed by Takeda Ventures, UCB and Alexandria Venture Investments, and was led by Hatteras Venture Partners.