The remote diagnostics technology developer increased its total funding to $105m in a round co-led by new investor Qualcomm Ventures.

Google for Startups Accelerator will begin on April 21 with an initial cohort that includes concepts related to the UN's environment, inequality and health objectives.

Mutual insurer Sham has led a $20m round for healthcare cybersecurity software provider CyberMDX that expanded its total funding to $30m.

Capital One-backed data access platform developer Okera boosted its overall funding to almost $30m and is investing in sales, marketing and engineering.

GV and Recruit both invested in a series C round that reportedly valued customer engagement platform developer Podium at about $1.5bn.

Naver, Simon Property and O’Reilly Media-backed Foursquare is joining forces with peer Factual to create the world's biggest location intelligence provider.

The employee management software provider closed a series C round featuring all its existing investors, which include Novel TMT Ventures.

Towson University's early-stage spinouts could secure $10,000 of grant funding in an eight-week accelerator provisionally slated for summer 2020.

Farm Credit Canada provided more than a third of the capital as food and beverage-focused District Ventures Capital closed its fund at $70.8m.

Silver Lake and Sixth Street Partners supplied debt and equity financing for the Alphabet-backed online short-term accommodation platform at a $26bn valuation.