Stanford-StartX-backed touch sensor developer Sensel increased its total funding to $38m, closing the second tranche of a round including Smit and SIG.

Touch sensor developer Sensel increased its total funding to $38m, closing the second tranche of a round including Smit and Susquehanna International Group.

Autonomous car developer Waymo has snatched up its first external funding, with parent company Alphabet, Magna International and AutoNation all investing.

Bloomberg-backed quantum computing technology developer Rigetti Computing has raised an initial $71m for a funding round with an $83.9m targeted close.

The Allianz and Northwestern Mutual-backed life insurance portal received $37.5m in a round led by Brewer Lane Ventures that took its overall funding past $90m.

Arrowroot Capital has led a series D round for customer relationship management platform mParticle, whose existing backers include Alphabet subsidiary GV.

Silicon Road Ventures has hired Ross Kimbel, who had previously ran WeWork Labs for five months, as managing director.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

The immuno-oncology therapy developer has raised a sliver over $100m, Takeda Ventures leading a round that included M Ventures, Ipsen Ventures and MRL Ventures Fund.

The university has put together a $1m fund for health-oriented participants in its Velocity accelerator competition.