Dushant Pathak has revealed his intention to leave UC Davis next week, standing down as associate vice-chancellor for innovation and tech commercialisation.

Motion biomarker diagnostics company Figur8, which partly builds on MIT research, has collected $7.5m in a round involving MIT Media Labs affiliate E14 Fund.

Insurance broker NFP's corporate venturing vehicle was among the investors in a round that will accelerate commercialisation of Hound Labs' advanced breathalyser.

The pacemaker system developer has added $30m from the same investors as its last round in 2017, including Ascension Ventures.

The hybrid cloud software provider has now raised more than $60m in total, following a second consecutive round to include Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

Former GE Ventures entrepreneur in residence Jessica Straus has been appointed venture partner at Dundee Venture Capital to help the venture capital fund expand to coastal regions of the US.

Comcast and Grace Beauty-backed exercise equipment provider Peloton has filed to raise up to $500m in an offering on the Nasdaq Global Select market.

The corporate investor returned to lead a round that reportedly valued life insurance portal Ethos at $400m to $500m.

Fair has collected a total of $100m in equity and debt financing from Ally Financial as part of a strategic partnership, eight months after SoftBank led its $385m series B round.

CSAA Insurance is among a group of backers that provided $47m to support the launch of a Florida-focused home insurance carrier, the first of Kin's subsidiaries to underwrite its own policies.