IT

Osage University Partners and a host of other existing shareholders returned to back a $30m series B round for New York University spinout Clarifai.

Intel Capital made its second investment in on-chip interconnect technology provider NetSpeed Systems as part of a series C round also backed by SK Hynix.

Jabil and Verizon were among the investors that added $6.7m to the $9m in series A funding closed by smart building technology provider Verdigris in December.

Tute Genomics, a bioinformatics software developer backed by Tencent, Intermountain Healthcare and Wilmington Pharmatech, has been bought for an undisclosed sum.

Proofpoint has agreed to purchase cybersecurity software developer FireLayers in a $55m deal, a year after it closed an Akamai-backed funding round.

The purchase of eye-tracking technology developer Eyefluence for an undisclosed amount has provided an exit to backers including Motorola, Intel and Naver.

Brazil's innovation capital ecosystem is developing at a rapid pace.

Human resources outsourcing specialist Microseer has followed an IDG Capital-backed series A round with a $30m round led by JD.com's financial services spinout.

Intel Capital led a round that included fellow corporate venturing units Microsoft Ventures, Cisco Investments and Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners.

Intel's corporate venturing unit has led rounds for Paxata, InContext Solutions, Kinduct Technologies and K4Connect as part of the deal spree.

The conglomerate's Presidio Ventures unit led a Qualcomm-backed series B round that increased Workspot's overall funding to more than $13m.