Beam has emerged out of Harvard University with $87m in series A funding to commercialise gene editing technology, with additional research licensed from Broad Institute and Editas Medicine.

Nokia's NGP Capital helped supply the funding as the artificial intelligence technology developer prepares to launch its first product.

Corporate venturing units Shell Ventures and GXP Investments co-led a $7.6m round for the cold chain technology developer, taking its total funding to $12m.

Athena Financial has closed an $11.3m Rice Warner-backed round as it prepares to launch its online mortgage marketplace in beta.

Axiom Energy, backed by the Stanford-StartX Fund, has received series A capital from a consortium including corporates Great Plains Energy and Shell.

The UCSF oncological therapeutics spinout will move from California to Connecticut following a leading investment from state-owned Connecticut Innovations.

Stratifi, which has created risk management software for investing, has secured series A backing from financial markets operator Cboe Global Markets.

Based on research at Johns Hopkins University, Escient Pharmaceuticals is developing treatments for serious but unserved medical needs.

Intel Capital has revealed investments in 12 US or China-based portfolio companies and a partnership with the NBA.