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The drone technology provider raised capital from a host of corporates, bringing its total funding to over $84m.

Industrial data software producer OnePredict closed a $25m GS Energy-backed series C round while several corporates helped drone infrastructure provider Skyports raise $23m.

The Global University Venturing deal net rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem.

The surgical training technology developer boosted plans to expand its technology with backing from Kaiser Permanente, taking its total funding to $109m.

The co-founders of Fred Hutch's oncology therapeutics developer include Philip Greenberg who previously helped launch Juno Therapeutics.

The molecular drug developer received funding from investors including GlaxoSmithKline, MRL Ventures Fund and GV in a Fidelity-led series C round.

The Global and China L4 Autonomous Driving and Start-ups Report, 2021, found that except for a few companies, such as Waymo and Uber, which performed worse than expected, level four (L4) autonomous driving firms in other fields gained momentum.

Hikma led a $15m extension to surgical robotics developer Activ Surgical's series B round, now sized at $60m, while data collaboration software provider Hex raised $52m from investors including Snowflake and Databricks.

Leaps by Bayer co-led an oversubscribed round for the oncology therapeutics developer, with the proceeds to go to clinical trials and supplementary licences.

Deutsche Telekom-backed DTCP was among the investors that pushed the cybersecurity management platform developer’s valuation to $2.6bn.

Artificial intelligence technology developer Aibee raised cash from Xiaomi at a unicorn valuation while industrial technology provider Bluetron received $78.6m.