VTT spinout Solar Foods, developer of a method of creating protein from air, has increased a series A round led by strategic partner Fazer Group to $20.7m.

Frontier IP has secured the services of software development veteran Mark Rosten to supervise IT deal flow and product deployment at its portfolio companies.

Francisco Sánchez Rivas has joined the board of the communications and public affairs consultancy with a mandate to drive strategic investments and acquisitions.

The corporate returned to provide $55.1m for Carvolution having previously invested in the flexible car rental service in November.

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

Solar Foods, developer of a method of creating protein from air, has increased a series A round led by strategic partner Fazer Group to $20.7m.

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

Centerbridge has led a $178m round as part of a primary and secondary share purchase that will give it a majority stake in the Aegon and Transamerica-backed lending platform.

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

UVC Partners has backed what appears to be financial document processing software company Hypatos's first funding round.