Airbus Ventures has returned to back autonomous driving technology developer Cognata’s series B round, having participating in a $5m round for the company last year.

Harley-Davidson-backed electric dirt bike producer Alta Motors had raised more than $43m

Corporate venturing units M12 and Telstra Ventures co-led the $15m second tranche of a round for data analytics platform Incorta that already included GV.

Household energy monitor developer Sense has expanded its overall funding to almost $39m in a round backed by Schneider Electric and existing investors Shell and iRobot.

Kanematsu-backed microsatellite launch services provider Vector has collected $70m in a series B round that brought its total funding to more than $100m.

Vacasa has added $64m in an Assurant-backed round that will help the holiday property manager pursue further domestic and international expansion.

Johnson & Johnson was among the investors in a $54.5m series A round for CuraSen Therapeutics, which is commercialising research from Stanford University.

Endocyte emerged out of Purdue University in 1996, completed an initial public offering in 2011 and has now agreed to an acquisition by Novartis worth $2.1bn.

AI software development tool provider Paperspace got backing from Intel Capital in a series A round that will support its upcoming product launches.

Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma, Dai-ichi Life ans SBI all invested in a $17.7m round for robotics devloper Meltin MMI, after a $2.1m series A last year.