Ionis Pharmaceuticals and Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC were among the investors in a round that will fund development of Aro's centyrin-RNA conjugate medicines.

The corporate will get a majority stake in end-to-end construction services provider Katerra, helping it avoid bankruptcy protection.

The Alphabet, GSK, WuXi AppTec, Johnson & Johnson, Roche and Illumina-backed genetic testing service has now raised over $870m altogether.

Hanwha Systems has agreed to provide $30m in funding for the satellite technology provider, whose existing investors include Liberty Global and Intelsat.

The Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Bucks and Milwaukee Brewers joined Microsoft in backing an impact investment arm of venture capital fund TitletownTech.

Restructure at BP follows Meghan Sharp's return as global head of ventures.

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

Today’s deal net round ups the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem that have occurred over the holiday period.

Investors have thrown their backing behind a round topping $100m for Stanford-linked production automation robot developer Flexiv.

The intelligent chipmaker, which counts Microsoft, Samsung, BMW, Robert Bosch and Dell as investors, secured series E funding at a $2.77bn valuation.