Meta Pharmaceuticals Inc. has raised $15 million in seed and pre-series A rounds in six months for the pipeline and AI platform development. Shenzhen, China-based Meta Pharma plans to use the new funds to support its three candidates to enter clinical trials, as well as the development of its Meta-map platform for pipeline expansion.

Diabeloop SA has just closed a series C funding round, securing $73 million to ramp global expansion for its DBL1 integrated smart system for patients with type 1 diabetes. “This will allow us to boost commercial roll-out and continue pursuing our growth strategy into Europe, the U.S. and Asia,” Erik Huneker, CEO of Diabeloop, told BioWorld.

Quoted European tech investor Gimv is setting up an independent life sciences arm and said it will increase both the size of its investments and the number of companies it backs.