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The force-sensor technology provider has secured $12.4m in a round led by Merck Ventures that will support engineering and manufacturing efforts.

The automated AI developer has received $7.2m in an SEB and Robert Bosch-backed round ahead of a planned expansion in Europe, Asia and the US.

Search engine technology developer Atlas Informatics will close almost a year after raising $20.7m from investors including Microsoft.

The funding will be added to the $100m the cybersecurity technology provider raised from investors including CapitalG and Telstra in May.

Zeetta Networks and Kets Quantum Security will have access to capital and mentoring for their wireless network and encryption technology respectively.

The deep learning technology developer has raised $40m in a series A+ round from a consortium including Samsung and Ant Financial.

Panasonic has acquired behavioural AI technology developer Arimo, three years after its Bloomberg Beta-backed series A round.

The marketing platform has secured series B financing from a consortium including Shutterstock and will use the cash to expand its team.

That these companies are still accessing the public markets indicates investors are taking a view that future probity will not necessary follow past behaviour.

Special report by James Mawson, editor-in-chief, with thanks to Pramila Mullan of Accenture Ventures for the notes of the roundtable

The Fujitsu-backed network communications developer expects to achieve a $30m close for the round in early 2018.