AI2's new pre-seed fund will help create 12 new spinouts in fields such as deep learning, computer vision and natural language processing.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has invested in genomic sequencing amplification business Bioskryb, co-founded by Stanford faculty member Charles Gawad.

Takeda Ventures converted debt financing into equity through the genetic medicine developer's latest round, which was led by strategic partner AnGes.

Honeywell has appointed a new director of ventures, John Wong, who has experience in corporate development and strategy with an IoT and wireless technology focus at InterDigital, GE and SoftBank.

GV and Airbus Ventures returned for a round that lifted the kinetic-energy launch technology developer's total funding to $80m.

Greenleaf Foods invested $5m in the fish substitute producer as part of a series B round that included General Mills' corporate venturing subsidiary, 301.

Cisco reportedly took part in a round that boosted the overall funding for the Shutterstock-backed enterprise data management platform to $75m.

Salesforce Ventures-backed sales intelligence software developer 6sense has raised more than $105m altogether, Insight Partners having provided its series C financing.

Stanford-StartX's Zinier took its overall funding to $120m in a round that included returning investor Qualcomm Ventures, with the cash to go to international growth and product development.

Hearst Ventures joined existing investors MassMutual Ventures and Nationwide Ventures as the insurance comparison platform took its total funding to nearly $30m.