Atlantic Bridge Ventures led the indoor positioning chip producer's latest round, its past investors including LG and ST Electronics.

Alibaba invested $857m for a 15% share of the furniture retailer as part of the round, which included Taikang Insurance.

Viking Global Investors led the Novo-backed company's latest round, which will be used to commercialise its ablation-based BPH treatment.

The Qualcomm and American Express-backed consumer engagement platform has raised cash from existing investors including Warburg Pincus and Sequoia Capital.

The US-based protein purification technology developer shifted its manufacturing base to North Carolina two years ago and has now secured three licences from NC State.

Molendotech was spun out from Plymouth half a year ago and has now secured a three-tranche commitment of $700,000 from investors.

Monash University has spun out Cincera Therapeutics, which will work on treatments for metabolic syndrome and type-2 diabetes-related conditions.

The microbiome profiling business is the result of collaboration between two former Roche employees and researchers from UConn and Yale New Haven Hospital.