The retail collaboration platform developer has now raised more than $52m in total, existing backer SEB Alliance returning for a $23.9m round.

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

Søren Thinggaard Hansen, a 17 year-plus veteran of pension fund Industriens Pension, has joined Novo to launch a private equity program.

The banking management software provider has followed funding from ING in 2018 with $11.4m from Nordea and Crédit Agricole CIB.

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

Mercia Asset Management has lost its investment director and university lead Nicola Broughton to a new $171m fund targeting the medical cannabis industry.

Axa, BNP Paribas Cardif, CNP Assurances and SG Insurance have backed the investment firm's first regional vehicle, which has already deployed $80m.

Siemens and Scania-backed Sennder has merged with fellow on-demand logistics provider Everoad to seize a larger chunk of the European marketplace.

Christophe Haunold has departed Institut national polytechnique de Toulouse to head up a new tech transfer office launched by University of Luxembourg.

Eli Lilly will collaborate on five drug candidates based on the Oxford and Karolinska Institute spinout's exosome delivery technology.