Europe-wide venture firm Speedinvest has now assembled $225m for its latest fund, which will target pre-seed and seed investments.

UCL and Francis Crick-founded Achilles has secured $69.9m in its series C round.

Europe-wide venture firm Speedinvest has now assembled $225m for its latest fund, also backed by Université PSL and targeting pre-seed and seed investments.

Telefónica Tech Ventures and Bankinter invested in an $11.9m round that will drive international growth for the anti-piracy software producer.

Hyundai, Kia and UPS will retain stakes in the electric vehicle developer, which is merging with publicly-listed CIIG Merger Corp at a $5.4bn combined valuation.

EPFL’s chip-link technology provider has added more than $36m to a Swisscom-backed round that now totals $92.3m, taking its total funding to almost $133m.

The chip-link technology provider has added more than $36m to a Swisscom-backed round that now totals $92.3m, taking its total funding to almost $133m.

Here-backed customer intelligence provider Zeotap has added $18.5m from SignalFire to a round that includes MathCapital and that now totals $60.5m.

AP Moller – Maersk returned in an Inven Capital-led round that lifted the freight management platform developer's total funding to $103m.

Polytechnic University of Valencia spinout VLC Photonics has been bought by Hitachi for an undisclosed sum nine years after it was founded.