Sella Group’s debut fund of funds has secured Aviva, HDI Assicurazioni, Banca Sella, Banca Patrimoni Sella & C, Banco BPM and Fenera Holding for its $35.3m first close.

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

Salesforce Ventures participated in a $15m round for workplace collaboration tool developer Qatalog.

The regional TTO system has launched at least 533 businesses since 2014 and now anchors a deep tech drive sponsored by Bpifrance.

Bonnier Ventures co-led a $17.8m round for the Chalmers Ventures-backed employee engagement platform developer that will support international growth.

Q&A with Girish Nadkarni, president, TCNV

The private placement valued the gamified educational platform developer at more than $2.2bn and gives SoftBank a 9.7% stake.

Oxford Nanopore has continued its funding streak with another $108m, bringing this year's haul to more than $208m and its overall total to around $800m.

The Amgen and Illumina-backed genetic sequencing equipment provider brought its funding this year to more than $206m and its overall total to about $800m.

Fruit peel recycler PeelPioneers lured Rabobank to an $11.8m round expected to facilitate the pan-European expansion of its manufacturing base.