Investec has returned to provide the first tranche of the PayPal and Avios-backed banking platform developer’s series C round, taking its total funding to $162m.

Arctos Medical, which is developing gene therapies to treat sight loss, had raised $8.1m from investors including Novartis two years ago.

University of Bern spinout Arctos Medical has been acquired by existing shareholder Novartis.

Oracle has signed up to be a cornerstone investor for Oxford Nanopore’s initial public offering, putting up half of the $410m target.

Ideo contributed to female-focused debit card provider Sequin's $5m seed round while Nikon has exited motion data software developer Wrnch.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

Pfizer Ventures participated in a series A round for genetic therapeutics developer Anjarium Biosciences that was co-led by Abingworth and Gimv.

Conductive Ventures returned for online savings platform developer Self Financial's $50m series E round while EV producer Volta Trucks completed its $43.6m series B.

Mastercard, Lloyds, Nationwide Building Society and Barclays helped digital payment technology developer Form3 boost its overall funding to $220m.

The endocrine disease treatment developer pushed its overall funding past $160m in a round featuring Novo, Sham and Mass General Brigham.