The Rakuten-backed social media platform, valued at more than $12bn a year ago, plans to float in the next year.

Azafaros has licensed intellectual property from Leiden University and Amsterdam UMC's Academic Medical Centre to target lysosomal storage disorders.

Voice analytics software producer Cogito has mobilised investors including Salesforce and Goldman Sachs to bring its total funding to more than $63m.

Bharat Innovation Fund has raised $50m from LPs including Philips, ICICI Lombard and Bajaj Electricals on its way to a $100m close.

Legend Capital led a $22.2m round for the microsatellite developer that included a fund backed by property developer Galaxy Holding.

Telus Ventures has led a $47m round for the flexible workplace benefits platform that included existing backer Royal Bank of Canada.

Stanford spinout Toma Biosciences has created a genomics testing platform for classifying cancerous tumours according to their genetic mutations.

The machine vision technology developer has secured $28m in a Robert Bosch-led round that will fund product innovation and international growth.

Bristol-Myers Squibb has put its weight behind IFM Tre, a spinoff of subsidiary IFM Therapeutics that has launched with $31m in series A funding.

Voice analytics software producer Cogito has mobilised investors including Salesforce and Goldman Sachs to bring its total funding to more than $63m.