University of Michigan's manufacturing coolant spinout Fusion Coolant Systems has been backed by the institution's Mints fund, taking its total to $9.9m.

Toyota has backed Imperial's spatial robotics software spinout SlamCore's latest round, adding to seed funding raised from Imperial Innovations and others in May 2017.

BMW and Baidu are among the investors in sensor technology developer Lunewave's seed round, which will go towards building autonomous vehicle sensors based on the Luneburg principle.

Stanford-StartX Fund is among medical device developer Madorra’s backers, along with Fogarty Institute of Innovation and OneVentures Healthcare.

3D finishing technology developer DyeMansion has been backed by UVC Partners, AM Ventures and BtoV Partners.

Small satellite propulsion technology developer Exotrail has been backed by Satt Paris-Saclay as it prepares for a 2019-2020 market launch.

Elevian will commercialise research from Harvard and Stanford indicating young blood cells could be used to restore tissues in older patients.

4490 Ventures, the VC firm co-founded by Warf in 2013, has joined Beringea for customer experience software provider Avid Ratings' series A round.