Emissions measurement provider Aclima has raised cash in a round that included Splunk, RBVC and Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund.

The Engine-backed $38m series B round took the quantum computing software developer's total funding past $64m since being spun out of Harvard in 2017.

CMU-founded language learning platform developer Duolingo has now raised $183m altogether and has increased its valuation 60% to $2.4bn.

JD.com-backed mobile commerce platform Wish has filed to go public a little over a year after raising money at an $11.2bn valuation.

Prof Leah Cowen will be University of Toronto’s first associate vice-president for research, building on expertise that includes being a co-founder of spinout Bright Angel Therapeutics.

Strategic partner PPD returned for a round that helped the clinical trial software provider take its total funding past the $130m mark.

Pharmaron Investments, Amgen Ventures and MRL Ventures Fund helped the bone marrow cancer drug developer double its total funding to about $160m.

The Engine has appointed Lara Metcalf as CFO and COO, a month after raising a $230m second fund backed by MIT and Harvard.

The Naspers and Benasse-backed online skills platform developer hiked its valuation to $3.25bn and its total funding to more than $280m.

UC Berkeley-founded emissions measurement provider Aclima has raised cash in a round that included Splunk, RBVC and Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund.