Cancer care provider Helsinn's corporate venturing arm has invested in genomics diagnostics platform NovellusDx as part of a round that took its total funding to about $23m.

GV and existing investor Salesforce Ventures were among the participants in a series B round that lifted the text messaging platform's total funding to $42m.

M12, the corporate venture capital unit formerly known as Microsoft Ventures, has contributed to a $1m round for Hazy, a UCL spinout previously known as Anon AI.

The unit, restructured as a full corporate venturing unit in 2016, has rebranded to M12 while its accelerator counterpart will be known as Microsoft ScaleUp.

GV's chief financial officer since it was formed, Jonathan Faerber has departed to take the same role at the Bill Maris-founded Section 32.

Radius, which is backed by Salesforce, Comcast, BBVA and Amex, has merged with fellow B2B marketing software provider Leadspace.

University of the West of Scotland's first spinout will deliver ultrasound sensors with the help of a seed round featuring the devolved government-owned Scottish Investment Bank.

The corporate-backed pharmaceutical developers had aimed to raise a total of $155m from offerings they filed for in March.

The Bloomberg and Novel Group-backed online education provider is reportedly close to closing a round that will take its total funding to $126m.