Carta Ventures will invest in startups developing technology of strategic interest to its parent, which is preparing for the launch of a trading platform later this year.

Sonoma Biotherapeutics has emerged from stealth with $40m to develop regulatory T-cell therapies for autoimmune and degenerative diseases.

Salesforce Ventures took part in a round that valued the cloud data analytics platform at $12.4bn, pushing its overall funding past $1.3bn.

Sonoma Biotherapeutics has emerged from stealth with $40m from investors including Lyell Immunopharma and is developing regulatory T-cell therapies for autoimmune and degenerative diseases.

State Farm Ventures backed a round that will help HopSkipDrive expand across the US and add safety features to its children's ride-sharing service.

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

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

The Dell-backed cloud security platform developer was valued at nearly $3bn in a late-stage round led by Sequoia Capital Global Equities.

Wade Lange is Purdue Research Foundation's new vice-president and chief entrepreneurial officer, having previously served as Purdue Foundry's entrepreneur-in-residence.

The GV and Wuxi AppTec-backed drug development software producer floated above its range and saw its shares rise 68% on their first day of trading.