H&M, Bestseller, Adidas and Sateri helped the regenerated textile fibre business raise new funding, which will be used to boost its expansion and build a new production facility.

Santander’s independent venture capital spinoff has led a series B round for byrd, which increased the business’ total funding to $30.8m.

Eli Lilly has agreed to make an equity investment in Mina Therapeutics after approving a research collaboration with the saRNA drug developer earlier this year.

On-demand logistics provider Pickupp hiked its overall funding to $15m while SK Chemicals added to the $67m already raised by drug discovery technology producer Standigm.

The social networking platform operator unveiled a $300,000 micro fund targeting female entrepreneurs and other underrepresented startup founders.

GV helped geometric search technology developer Physna raise $56m while multiple corporates took part in a round nearly doubling study app developer Mathpresso's total funding to $105m.

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

CEA Investissement has participated in a series C for the CEA-Liten spinout, having also backed multiple earlier rounds.  

Patrick Cazeneuve will succeed inaugural president Pierre Dufresne at the regional tech transfer organisation, bringing with him 25 years of expertise.

Ipreo and Barclays-backed financial communication technology developer OpenExchange raised $23m while Blue Cross Blue Shield, Optum and Marshfield Clinic are set to exit Contessa Health.