Denso took part in a $71m series D round for artificial intelligence technology provider Blaize while inflammatory disease drug developer Aristea closed a $63m Novo and Arena-backed round.

Legal & General, Achmea and TotalEnergies helped the electric vehicle rental service take its overall funding to $245m.

The newly formed RxCapital has made its first investment, in metabolic and cardiovascular disease drug developer Rivus Pharmaceuticals' $35m series A round.

Tobias Jahn has left his managing director position at BMW i Ventures to take on a partner role at Hitachi Ventures.

Construction design software producer Nemetschek has hired Tanja Kufner to be its focal point for innovation.

SAP.io took part in email software provider Sedna's $34m series B round while Byju's picked up BCC-backed learning app developer Toppr in a deal reportedly sized at about $150m.

Genomics analytics platform developer Sophia Genetics has gone public ten years after it was co-founded by researchers from EMBL, Stanford and University of Geneva

BBVA helped the banking software provider raise series D funding that supported its acquisition of digital banking services provider Contis.

Daily Mail and General Trust’s DMG Ventures unit was among the investors in the BNPL service provider’s $110m series B extension, which came after an $80m first close three months ago.

Based on research at University of Bristol, Albotherm’s technology could revolutionise how greenhouses and buildings are cooled.