Perceptive Advisors led a $55m round for Ionis-backed rare disease drug developer Dynacure following a 2018 round that was the same size.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

Bpifrance supplied funding through three separate units to help take Satt Conectus-allied rare disease drug developer Dynacure's latest round to $55m.

Comture Corporation invested in a series C round for the AI technology developer, whose earlier investors include Samsung and Toppan.

The corporate-backed mobile banking services provider collected $43.6m in a round co-led by Goodwater Capital and Greenspring Associates.

Bloomberg Data returned for a round that lifted the overall funding for augmented text software developer Textio to more than $41m.

SoftBank China Venture Capital returned for a $42.3m round that will support the international growth of Huilianyi's expenses management software.

The data management software provider has now secured a total of $115m, Cisco Investments returning to back its latest round.

Mann+Hummel was among the investors for a $16.4m round that brought air filter subscription service Second Nature's overall funding to nearly $35m.

Illumina was among the returning investors for the round that will help Columbia spinout Kallyope prepare a weight loss treatment for clinical trials.