HireVue closes a $17m series C round led by industrial holding firm Investor AB.

The chief executive of Pandora has joined the Cisco-backed company's board.

In May last year, Japan-based drugs company Takeda Pharmaceutical's corporate venturing unit made an equity investment of undisclosed size in Fate Therapeutics as part of a plan to help its parent move into regenerative medicines.

Memory storage provider Nutanix raises $33m series C round with backing from Battery Ventures, Lightspeed Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and Goldman Sachs.

Chemical company Renmatix closes a $75m series C round led by BASF with participation from Waste Management and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

Venture capital firm OrbiMed Advisors led the C round, with Intercept's majority investor, Genextra, also participating.

In October 2010, SiOnyx raised $12.5m in its series B round from a consortium including laser maker Coherent.

Mitsui Ventures joins investors including Intel Capital, AltEnergy, Braemar Energy Ventures and Novus Energy Partners backing the energy consumption reduction company.