The WME-backed beauty product brand raised the funding in a Sequoia Capital-led round, at a $1.2bn valuation.

LG, HP Tech Ventures, Motorola Solutions Venture Capital, Kakao Ventures and Gradient Ventures all invested, four months after the AR startup's $50m series A.

Stanford-StartX has contributed to a $58m series B for AR platform Mojo Vision, which also attracted Google, HP, Motorola Solutions, LG and Kakao.

The deep learning technology startup will put the proceeds from the GV-led round into recruitment and the expansion of its core product.

The satellite-based internet network developer has now raised $3.4bn in total, with existing investors SoftBank, Grupo Salinas and Qualcomm all backing its latest round.

Embattled commercialisation firm NetScientific is closing two medical diagnostics spinouts from UCLA after both failed to attract external funding.

Katherine Ku has become a chief licensing adviser at law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati after calling time on more than 27 years at Stanford’s OTL in June 2018.

Alcon acquired the intraocular lens developer in a $285m deal that follows $106m in funding from investors including its parent company Novartis as well as Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic.

The sickle cell disease therapy developer boosted its overall funding to $94m in a round backed by Lundbeck, Pfizer and Alexandria Real Estate Equities.

Baidu Ventures was among the investors in a $14.5m round led by Atomico, after contributing to the business automation software provider's series A round last year.