Nanoform has filed for a dual listing in Sweden and Finland, marking the first time that a University of Helsinki spinout is seeking an initial public offering.

The auto insurance provider secured $18.3m in a round led by CommerzBank’s investment arm that lifted its overall funding to more than $26m.

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

Liberty Global's corporate venturing unit owns half of a newly formed venture aimed at building electric vehicle charging points using underground telecommunications wiring.

Vetmeduni has joined forces with incubator Accent to boost resources for commercialising its veterinary research.

OSI has returned to back Oxford indoor mapping spinout Navenio as the latter expands the market for its hospital workforce allocation system.

Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC was among the investors in an $11.7m round for blood sealant technology developer Gatt Technologies.

John Öhd is to become Karolinska Institute's chief scientific officer on the back of 13 years of biotech industry expertise.

The Orange and Stripe-backed digital bank is reportedly in talks for up to $98m at a valuation topping $1.5bn, which would nevertheless represent a drop of near 40% from its last round.

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