Industrial

Monsanto, Bayer, Novozymes and Syngenta-backed agricultural technology developer AgBiome increased its overall funding to $230m in the round.

RBVC has re-upped its commitment to the construction data platform developer having also backed its series A and seed rounds in the past two years.

Samsung-backed automation software developer Rezilion secured $30m while IGC Hospitality took part in restaurant management technology provider MarginEdge's $18m series B round.

BP Ventures topped up its commitment into the feed producer by leading a series D-1 round that also featured Adisseo.

Kyudenko provided an undisclosed sum for the Itochu, Toyoshima, Taiyo Kogyo and NTT Docomo-backed clothes and plastics recycling technology developer.

UPS is buying delivery service Roadie having helped it raise $62m while heart disease treatment developer Nectero Medical secured $19.5m in a Boston Scientific-led round.

Toray Engineering has returned to back a $27.3m round for the surgical robot developer, investing alongside Dai-ichi Life and Medipal Innovation.

PayPal is to purchase its portfolio company Paidy, a consumer finance service provider. Paidy is part of the wider payment tech space, which has seen an increasing number of exits since last year.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

Stratasys spinoff Evolve Additive Solutions secured $30m from 3D Ventures while CollegeDekho - spun off by GirnarSoft - raised $26.5m.

Keio’s synthetic silk producer increased its valuation to over $1.2bn in a round led by Carlyle Japan Partners.