Seek Group led a series E round that valued Coursera at more than $1bn, boosting the Stanford-founded online education provider’s total funding to more than $313m.

Uber is set to raise $7.9bn to $9bn if it floats within its range, while PayPal has agreed to invest another $500m through a private placement.

3D printing technology producer Carbon, which counts more than half a dozen corporates as investors, has filed to raise $300m in equity financing.

Hitachi will begin investing through the newly formed Hitachi Ventures in June, and the unit’s CEO will be ex-3M New Ventures president Stefan Gabriel.

Seek Group led a series E round that valued Coursera at more than $1bn, boosting the online education provider’s total funding to more than $313m.

UC Riverside has sealed an MOU with incubator Murrieta Genomics to drive its genomics research and build links between the innovation ecosystems of both parties.

Patient analysis software producer BostonGene has received $50m from NEC in the form of a series A investment that will fund hiring and technology development.

GV, Salesforce Ventures and Dell Technologies Capital backed a Stripes-led round that increased the customer engagement analytics platform's overall funding to $59m.

The health of academic startup activity in the state has been affirmed by a five-year university entrepreneurship index published by the Illinois Science and Technology Coalition.

Walmart has stepped up to acquire SkyDeck alumnus advertisement platform Polymorph Labs after the latter had raised $10.5m in funding.