Tokyo's experiential robot developer Telexistence has won funding from a investors including the university's Innovation Platform and a host of corporates.

IP Group has backed AR technology developer WaveOptics, building on the position taken by Touchstone Innovations, which it now owns, in 2015 and 2017.

The retail technology provider has received an undisclosed amount of funding from Google, boosting a series C round sized at $38.3m as of July.

Oxford drug delivery spinout Evox Therapeutics collected funding from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in its bid to engineer exosome delivery vessels for a range of drugs.

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Honda's Silicon Valley laboratory has formed strategic partnerships with funds managed by four venture capital funds.

Arizona-founded Freefall Aerospace has been backed by UAVC in its efforts to commercialise antennas for 5G and satellite communications.

Chemicals firm JNC has injected $4.5m into Northwestern battery spinout SiNode Systems, which has rebranded to Nanograf Technologies as a result.

Streem, a home services AR software developer whose shareholders include Oregon State University-backed Rogue Venture Partners, is raising a second funding round.

Employees of Juul Labs are resisting a deal with Altria, which is also holding talks with cannabis producer Cronos, that would value the vaping product supplier at approximately $30bn.