Corvidia's series B round has been backed by Fresenius Medial Care and AstraZeneca as its kidney disease treatment nears the end of a phase 2 trial.

SoftBank Ventures Korea and CE Ventures added $10m to the sports analytics technology developer's Verizon-backed first close last June.

The beauty retailer added $11.2m to a round now sized at $25.5m, on the heels of 2016 investments from Max Group and TCL.

Osage University Partners was among the backers in Numat, which is developing molecularly engineered products based on research at Northwestern University.

The government-owned Scottish Investment Bank has returned to pour more funding into Strathclyde mycoprotein spinout 3F Bio.

The automotive sensor developer secured funding in an Aviva Ventures-led round that included SAIC Capital and Flex.

Qualcomm Ventures returned to back the virtual helathcare platform's series C round, bringing its overall funding to $160m.

The insurance management platform, backed by ProSiebenSat.1 and Axel Springer at series A stage, has now raised $45m altogether.

ICI Ishii Sports led a $10.9m round for the mountaineering community app developer that also featured Morinaga and Company, Japan Asia Group, SRL and several banks.