Rheinische Post Mediengruppe has taken part in a $2.3m round for the podcast marketing platform a year after it was founded.

Nine companies will participate in the internet company’s three-month accelerator programme, which is set to launch next month.

The mobile network operator's T-Mobile Ventures unit is being managed by Touchdown Ventures and will target 5G-related technologies.

Lanxness contributed to the third fund to be closed by venture firm UVC Partners which will back business-to-business software, industrial and mobility technology startups.

TUM-affiliated UVC Partners has raised a third fund from limited partners including Lanxess to invest in industrial technologies, business-to-business software and mobility.

Insurer MACSF has taken part in round for patient data tool provider Savana, which will use the cash to expand to the US market.

Evotec and Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund returned in a $25.9m round for the autoimmune disease drug developer having first invested three years ago.

Topas Therapeutics, which is exploiting University of Hamburg research, has pocketed $26m in its series B round.

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

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