Iris Dorbian

California and Israel-based Airobotics, a provider of automated industrial drones, has closed $32.5 million in funding. The investors included BlueRun Ventures China, Microsoft Ventures and OurCrowd.com.

NS1, an intelligent DNS and traffic management provider, has raised $20 million in funding. GGV Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Salesforce Ventures, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners, Flybridge Capital Partners, Sigma Prime Ventures, Telstra Ventures and Two Sigma Ventures. In addition to the funding, GGV Capital's Glenn Solomon will join NS1's board.

Santa Clara, California-based Gridtential Inc, a provider of energy storage technologies, has closed $11 million in funding. The investors included 1955 Capital, East Penn Manufacturing, Crown Battery Manufacturing, Leoch International and Power-Sonic Inc. In conjunction with the funding, Andrew Chung, 1955 Capital founder and managing partner, will join Gridtential's board of directors.

New York City and Paris-based Steamroot, a provider of OTT video optimization technologies for content publishers, network service providers and enterprise customers, has secured $3.2 million in funding. The investors included Partech Ventures, Techstars Venture Capital Fund, Verizon Ventures and R/GA.

WuXi NextCODE, the global platform for genomic data, has closed $240 million in Series B financing. The investors included Sequoia China, Temasek, Yunfeng Capital, 3W Partners, Temasek, Yunfeng, 3W and Amgen Ventures. China Renaissance Group provided financial advice to WuXi NextCODE on the transaction.

Cleveland, Ohio-based Data Genomix, a marketing technology startup, has raised an undisclosed amount of Series A funding. Edward Crawford and Zanite Ventures led the round.

St. Louis, Missouri-based NewLeaf Symbiotics, an agricultural biotech company, has raised $30 million in Series C funding. The investors included S2G Ventures, Monsanto Growth Ventures, Otter Capital, The Yard Ventures, Lewis & Clark Ventures, Rockport Capital, Pangaea Ventures and Open Prairie Ventures.

San Francisco Bay area-based Gritstone Oncology, a cancer immunotherapy company, has closed $92.7 million in financing. Lilly Asia Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included GV, Trinitas Capital, Alexandria Venture Investments, Versant Ventures, The Column Group, Clarus Funds and Frazier Healthcare Partners. Cowen served as financial adviser to Gritstone on the transaction.

Vekia, a French provider of machine learning in the supply chain market, has secured 12 million euros in funding. Serena Capital and Bpifrance led the round.

VideoAmp, an integrated TV operating system for advertising, has named Tom Schmitt as chief financial officer. Schmitt is the former chief operating officer and chief financial officer at FreeWheel.TV. VideoAmp is backed by Mediaocean, RTL Group, GoAhead Ventures, StartUp Capital Ventures, Anthem Venture Partners, Wavemaker Partners and Simon Equity Partners.