Corporate venturing vehicle Vorwerk Ventures is exiting beverage delivery provider Flaschenpost in a $1.16bn acquisition by Dr Oetker.

Ruwan Weerasekera, Penny Bodle, Avi Golan, Ted Fike and Justin Wilson have all left SoftBank Investment Advisers following earlier departees Maria Khan and Carolina Brochado.

HV Capital has rebranded from Holtzbrinck Ventures and disclosed a $625m Fund VIII backed by former parent company Holtzbrinck Publishing.

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

Genetic testing company Prenetics leveraged a UK-based subsidiary to buy Oxsed having piloted the latter's rapid coronavirus screening system.

SoftBank Vision Fund returned in a convertible note round that pushed the total raised by the tourism experience booking service to some $788m.

Expected budget for European Innovation Council of €3.5-4bn to entrepreneurs less than planned €10bn over the 2021-2027 period

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

BHL Holdings and Concentric both contributed as business insurance provider Superscript pushed its overall funding above $24m.

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