Set-up and largely funded by GlaxoSmithKline and Avalon Ventures, pharmaceuticals company Sitari has raised $10m in a series A round.

Editas Medicine, a genome editing company aiming to translate technology for turning disease-causing genes on or off into human therapeutics, raises $43m series A financing with participation of Partners Innovation Fund.

Smart lock and virtual key maker August raises $8m in series A funding led by Maveron.

Tablet-focused gaming company Hammer & Chisel raises $8.2m series A funding led by Benchmark Capital and including Time Warner and IDG Capital Partners.

HDmessaging, a developer of messaging and chat applications, has raised $3m in a series A round from IDG Ventures, GrandBank Capital, Nexit Ventures and Lighthouse Capital Partners.

Mustbin, an app designed to organise and store personal data, which can later be shared securely, has launched with a $4.5m series A round led by DAG Ventures and including Northgate Capital.

Battery manufacture Solicore closes a $4m round of funding led by New Science Ventures.

Payday loan company LendUp secures $14m series A round led by Google Ventures, to expand its online operations beyond California, Missouri and Louisiana to other US states.