IP Group has supported a first funding round for Carma Therapeutics, a University of Pennsylvania spinout that is working on cellular immunotherapies.

Floating wind turbine developer Ideol has secured Siem Offshore Contractors and Hitachi Zosen as strategic investors.

Student employment platform developer Viridis increased its overall funding to $7.5m having added Salesforce Ventures to its shareholders.

The automated payment processing technology provider raised the funding from investors including new strategic partner Mastercard.

The visual marketing software provider took its overall funding to $32m in a round that included returning investor Salesforce Ventures.

Discord, the Tencent and Time Warner-backed developer of a chat platform for gamers, closed the round in January at a $725m valuation pre-money.

Stanley Ventures, the corporate venturing arm of Stanley Black & Decker, has provided an undisclosed amount to MIT spinout Veloxint.

Comcast Cable, Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, Presidio Ventures, Liberty Global Ventures and Shaw Ventures contributed to a round that took Plume's total funding to $63m.

The Duke University spinout has secured capital from 10 unnamed investors.