Triumvira Immunologics announced a $55 million Series A round co-led by Leaps by Bayer, the impact investment unit of Bayer AG, and Northpond Ventures. Additional investors include Oceanpine Capital and Viva Biotech Holdings, and existing investors include Bloom Burton & Co. and the Centre for Commercialization of Cancer Immunotherapy (C3i). Triumvira will use the funding to run clinical trials of cell therapies that are directed by an alternative to CARs.

Digital health company Mobio Interactive announced that it has closed $1.8 million in a seed funding round. The round was led by Singapore-based Verge HealthTech Fund along with Atlas Asset Management, Creative Ventures and VC giant SOSV.

VoxNeuro CSO, Dr. John Connolly, is featured in a recent CTV News article about the emergence of new neurological COVID-19 symptoms associated with long-haul truckers, including confusion, trouble concentrating and memory loss that persist weeks and even months after their initial sickness. Dr. Connolly is looking at the impact the novel coronavirus can have on brain function.

ProteinQure has been named among the first cohort of Google’s Canadian Accelerator Program. Google recently announced the nine companies participating in its three-month, now-fully digital, Canadian accelerator program for early-stage tech ventures using machine learning or artificial intelligence (AI) in their business.