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The company raises $26m in series B, and $5.1m in a contract with DARPA.
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer led the round for the company, which has now raised $26m in total.
Penn State spin-out Strategic Polymer Sciences secures $8m series B and name change to Novasentis.
Toronto life sciences spin-out Xagenic closes $20m series B ahead of FDA submission.
Life sciences firm Promentis Pharmaceuticals raises $2.9m to develop drugs targeting schizophrenia and other central nervous system disorders.
MIT-linked startup LittleBits lands $11.1m from a number of venture backers for toy electronics.
Online education platform Coursera adds $20m to series B round bringing its total to $63m.
Edtech startup Kidaptive raises $10.1m in series B backed by Stanford-StartX Fund and others.
Connecticut Innovations leads $1.8m series B in Yale-linked Precipio.
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