Washington Research Foundation and Arch Venture Partners are among the investors in the genomic cancer treatment spinout of University of Minnesota.

AbbVie, Eli Lilly, WuXi PharmaTech, Johnson & Johnson and Alexandria Real Estate Equities are among the investors in the genomic cancer treatment developer.

Amazon provided a $7m extension to the connected car technology developer's series A round, which already contained Deutsche Telekom.

Bayer Lifescience Center joined Versant Ventures to launch BlueRock, a Kyoto spinout that will develop stem cell treatments for cardiovascular diseases and neurodegenerative disorders.

Bayer Lifescience Center joined Versant Ventures to launch BlueRock, which will develop stem cell treatments for cardiovascular diseases and neurodegenerative disorders.

Michigan spinout Vesper's investors include Amazon's Alexa Fund, AAC Technologies, Mirae Nano Tech and XinGang Electronics.

Advanced microphone technology developer Vesper's investors include Amazon's Alexa Fund, AAC Technologies, Mirae Nano Tech and XinGang Electronics.

Kooksoondang Brewery's GN Tech Venture was among the investors in an $18.9m round that took the anti-tumour therapy developer's total funding to $27.7m.