Proceeds from the Novo-backed series B round will be used to advance Spruce Biosciences' congenital adrenal hyperplasia candidate into phase 2 trials.

Existing backer SoftBank returned to help the telecommunications data platform developer close a round co-led by four investors.

New investors PepsiCo, Maersk, Verizon and NTT Docomo joined existing backers including Avery Dennison, Amazon Web Services, Merck, Qualcomm and Samsung in the round.

Touch-based user interface developer UltraSense secured the cash in a Robert Bosch-led round with contributions from Asahi Kasei and Sony.

Insurance underwriting software business Concirrus raised capital to fund product enhancements and entry into new verticals and geographies.

Ackermans & van Haaren fund Sofinim returned for a $20.6m round that will fund the cancer-analysis software provider's expansion and product development.

Sompo Holdings, iRobot, Toyota AI Ventures, Union Tech Ventures, Happiness Capital, Samsung Next and Bloomberg Beta all backed the companion robot developer's series B round.

The crypto finance product developer has now raised more than $110m altogether, with CMT Digital returning for its series B round.

Dell Technologies Capital reinvested as part of a series B round for the virtualisation platform developer having backed its series A in 2017.

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