The University of Aberdeen bone grafting spinout has been acquired after raising more than $4.8m from investors including Armourers and Brasiers.

Edinburgh Napier's software development security spinout has been acquired by strategic partner Ping Identity.

The Sistema-backed e-commerce platform could reportedly raise up to $500m in an initial public offering potentially valuing it at as much as $5bn.

Drug producer Kyowa Kirin helped the life sciences venture firm, a spinoff from Elan Corporation, close an oversubscribed $146m third fund.

Harju Elekter helped graphene ultracapacitor developer Skeleton Technologies complete a $48.3m round yesterday that included existing investor Harju Elekter.

Cambridge Innovation Capital has backed a round sized at up to $50m for disease testing kit producer Sense Biodetection, which has now raised more than $64m altogether.

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.