Baidu has invested an undisclosed sum in the content discovery platform, which raised $117m in the first tranche of its series E round in February.

E-commerce company Alibaba is set to purchase a minority stake in YTO, one of its 14 logistics partners, for an undisclosed sum.

Bank of Ireland Seed and Early Stage Fund plans to divest 25% of its portfolio in the next year, beginning with medical device developer NeoSurgical.

The developer of business communications platform Alcatraz has attracted $28m in new funding from investors including Credit Suisse.

Qura Therapeutics will develop HIV treatments in partnership with University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a venture in which it is investing $20m.

Audi joined the mobile connectivity platform's existing corporate investors, Qualcomm and Sierra Wireless, to help fund a $20.3m round.

Location-based retail promotion-seeking platform Retale has raised new funding from existing investors including digital publisher Axel Springer.

Blood tests are to become painless as Tasso gains a $2.9m grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency as its small business innovation research contract is expanded.