Kytopen, the developer of a cell therapy manufacturing platform based on MIT research, has been backed by MIT’s The Engine for a second time.

Biotech developers Animated Dynamics, Predictive Wear and Brightlamp have all secured commitments worth up to $250,000 from Foundry Investment Fund.

Road freight documentation platform Vector has closed its Congruent Ventures-backed series A at $12m, adding $2m to the initial close reported last month.

Columbia University has granted a new licence to its cardiovascular research platform spinout Tara Biosystems, which markets services powered by is "heart-on-a-chip" tissue modelling system.

Salesforce Ventures has exited the content marketing platform in an acquisition by Upland Software that follows some $22m in funding.

SoftBank and Renren-backed online financial services provider SoFi is now valued at $4.8bn following a $500m round led by QIA.

Dell Technologies Capital will exit container cybersecurity technology provider Twistlock in an acquisition by Palo Alto Networks that follows $63m of funding.

Corporate-backed RAM memory product developer Avalanche Technology has now raised more than $100m, its earlier backers including Qualcomm, VTB and Rogers Venture Partners.

Mitsui has exited customer data platform developer Drawbridge, which was acquired by LinkedIn after raising a reported $70m in venture capital funding.

The cancer drug developer has closed a series B round led by development partner Novartis that included Harel Insurance and Finance and SBI JI Innovation Fund.