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The vehicle is the fifth fund to be established by Salesforce under the Trailblazer banner and follows entities focusing on Canada, Japan and Australia.

The 3D-imaging interior design service took its overall funding to more than $70m in a round that featured Comcast Ventures and Advance Venture Partners.

Four innovative companies were introduced by their corporate backers to detail how they are looking to impact the transport and mobility sectors.

Retail analytics software developer Profitect has agreed to a purchase by existing investor Zebra Technologies that will also enable Motorola Solutions to exit.

Neil Foster of Baker Botts chaired a discussion on frontier tech and AI featuring innovation adviser Bindi Karia, Draper Esprit COO Stuart Chapman and Bruno Maissonier, CEO of AI technology developer AI Brain.

Deutsche Telekom and Access Industries contributed to a round that took the cloud and data centre security provider's overall funding to $108m.

Nagraj Kashyap, head of Microsoft's M12 unit, told attendees that it aims to provide value for portfolio companies while operating with a focus on returns.

Members of science incubator Unit DX have obtained $25.5m of capital altogether since launch in 2017, with many of its residents hailing from University of Bristol.

Telstra and NTT Docomo-backed dentity management platform developer Auth0 is now valued at more than $1bn after closing its latest round.

Cambridge open source hardware spinout LowRisc has been backed by Alphabet's Google, which has sent two representatives to its board of directors.

Lenovo Capital and Incubator Group returned to back Semidrive in a nine-figure renminbi round, after previously investing in the automotive-focused chipmaker last year.