Local home improvement retailer Lowe's and impact investment fund Brightpath Capital Partners invested $40m alongside venture capital firms Vision Ridge Partners, Craton Equity Partners and Eastern Sun Capital Partners.

Alongside Foley Ventures in the round were venture capital firms Baird Venture Partners, GCI and Calumet Venture Fund and the State of Wisconsin Investment Board.

Talus completes second corporate venturing deal in a quarter.

ClickFox previously raised $18m in its C round in 2010 from venture capital firms Ascent Venture Partners, Cedar Fund, and Veritas Ventures, as well as Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners.

In September 2011, Crescendo raised $31m in its C round with a further $25m in venture debt and buyout option provided by strategic investor Myriad Genetics.

Quantance, a US-based mobile device battery manufacturer backed by Docomo Capital, has raised $1.65m from five investors.

Brian Bischoff, chief executive of Healthsense, said: "The addition of respected investors and industry leaders like Merck GHIF [Global Health Innovation Fund] and Fallon Community Health Plan supports our belief that our technology and approach can both improve quality and reduce cost."

GE Healthymagination, part of GE Ventures, led the D round as a new investor

US-based big data services comapny Guavus has raised $30m in its series D round.

In May 2010, WM made a strategic investment in MicroGreen Polymers.