Novo is among the backers of the life sciences tools company that will focus on acquisitions.

Online second-hand furniture marketplace Move Loot, previously backed by Google, has raised $9m in a series A round featuring IDG.

Israel-based Team8 will incubate and launch cybersecurity startups, supported by $18m of series A funding from backers including Alcatel-Lucent and Cisco.

Google-backed fashion rental service Le Tote has closed a series A round featuring property group Simon that took its overall funding to $12.5m.

The wireless technology company has invested in Latin American taxi hailing app 99Taxi for a second time, in a round led by Tiger Global.

Lysosomal has raised $20m in a round backed by pharmaceutical firms Roche, Eli Lilly and Sanofi, all of which also contributed to its $4.8m seed round.