Edinburgh spinout Skoog is looking to raised up to $6.4m in funding, having previously obtained money from investors including state-owned Scottish Enterprise.

University of Oxford has participated in a funding round for Zegami, a big data spinout from the institution also backed by Oxford Sciences Innovation.

Touchstone Innovations has committed $3.8m for a two-tranche investment in internet of things technology developer Concirrus.

Impression Technologies has raised $3.8m in a series B round co-led by Touchstone Innovations and Mercia Technologies.

Based on research conducted at Newcastle University, Changing Health has obtained $1.3m in a round that included North East Finance.

The spinout has developed technology that enables the recovery and commercialisation of precious metals, with a first focus on platinum.