Mediaset-backed online florist Colvin has now raised about $29m altogether, $15.7m of which has been supplied in its latest round.

The pharmaceutical company co-led a series C round for AAV gene therapy developer Freeline that took its total funding to $275m.

Salesforce Ventures and returning investor Slack Fund helped the virtual event provider add series A funding to the seed round it closed four months ago.

Syncona supplied a third of the investment and retains a majority stake in Freeline, which is based on research at UCL.

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

OneProjects, an irregular heartbeat imaging system developer assisted by two Irish universities, will use the cash to pursue commercialisation in the US.

University of Kent's UltraSoc Technologies, which provides integrated circuit safety technologies, has agreed to an acquisition by Siemens.

Nestlé Health Science and Takeda participated in a series E round for Enterome, which received $52.6m in equity and debt financing through the deal.

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

The commercial vehicle manufacturer has appointed Martin Witt to head its investment subsidiary after more than 14 years at Accenture Strategy.