Industrial

Kebotix has emerged from Harvard University with backing from investors including Baidu to commercialise an automated approach to discovering new materials and molecules.

The Thailand-based petroleum and chemicals producer will launch a joint venture with plastics trading platform operator in connection with a $19.4m investment.

Swisscom Ventures co-led the indoor drone developer's series B round, which also featured Dow Chemical and existing backers including MKS.

The corporate has resurrected the Schneider Electric Ventures unit it folded into Aster in 2010 and will invest up to $565m through the vehicle.

Boehringer Ingelheim and Helsinn helped oncology vaccine developer Amal reach the second close of a series B round that now totals $32.7m.

Previously backed by Stanford University, Origin has now raised a total of $12.3m to support its modular and interoperable approach to 3D printing.

Innovative region: Brazil

This is our data snapshot based on last month’s investment activity. The charts and tables have been generated by our data platform GCV Analytics.

GCV Analytics defines the financial services sector as encompassing payment technologies and cryptocurrencies, personal finance and wealth management, insurance, alternative lending, crowdfunding, client and risk analytics, firms and funds, social investing and others.

The automotive parts producer intends to invest $26.3m in robotics, semiconductor, advanced materials and car components technology in the next two years.

Emesent spun out from Csiro earlier this year to market an underground drone that could help mining firms build an improved picture of their operations.