The genetics services company, which is backed by Alphabet, Illumina, WuXi PharmaTech and Johnson and Johnson, has now raised more than $490m altogether.

Avrio Capital has added $5m to a series B round that achieved an initial close of $6.95m in July with a commitment from WRF Capital.

With only 5% of VC money going to women-founded companies and merely 7% of partners at VC funds being women, Melissa Widner, general partner at NAB Ventures, looks at the and how to close the gender gap in VC and tech communities.

Sunglasses brand Gentle Monster has received an amount said to be about $53m from L Catterton Asia, the private equity firm backed by LVMH.

Merck Group and Illumina were among the investors in a $13.2m round, along with Idinvest Partners, Kurma Partners and existing backer Sofinnova Partners.

The voice-control technology developer spun out from University of Bristol has closed a series E round led by strategic investor Infineon Technologies.

Infoteria and Jafco have combined to invest $14.6m in cryptocurrency technology developer Tech Bureau, reportedly bringing its overall funding to $24m.

The voice-control technology provider has closed a series E round led by strategic investor Infineon Technologies that included Robert Bosch Venture Capital.