All existing institutional investors, including Polaris Ventures, Versant Ventures, SV Life Sciences, Sparta, and Ascension Health Ventures participated at or above their pro-rata level in the current financing.

AppNexus said its total funding since launch was $140.5m. In October 2010, AppNexus raised $50m in its C round from Microsoft and venture capital firms.

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."