$20m-$39.9m

Trucode is advancing in vivo gene editing applications for disorders including sickle cell disease that grew from Yale research and has been backed by GV and Kleiner Perkins.

Autodesk has led a $26.8m series C round for aPriori, a spinout of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

MIT-founded robotic interior design developer Ori found support from Sidewalk Labs and Ingka Group as it looks to deliver full robotic interiors in partnership with architects and property developers.

Sales team-focused voice analytics software developer Cogito, an MIT spinout, attracted investors including Salesforce, New York Life and Goldman Sachs to bring its overall total to $100m.

University of Oxford's electric motor spinout Yasa has added $22m from investors including OSI and Parkwalk Advisors to its coffers to help it cope with growing customer demand.

Harvard spinout Platelet BioGenesis has added $26m in series A1 financing to its coffers thanks to a consortium co-led by Ziff Capital Partners and Qiming Venture Partners USA.

Tel Aviv University announces $20m commercialisation fund with Tata Industries.

Invesco Perpetual, the fund manager, and Imperial Innovations, the London Stock Exchange-listed spin-off from Imperial College London, are joined by The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and the Wellcome Trust supporting Cell Medica's growth.

Revolymer, which makes chewing gum that is easier to remove from streets and pavements, was backed by the Setsquared Partnership, a joint venture capital initiative between Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey.