Maxburg Capital Partners paid an undisclosed amount for retail analytics provider Metoda, whose exiting investors included Tengelmann vehicle TEV.

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

Deerfield's second Healthcare Innovations Fund is one and a half times larger than its predecessor and will align with more than 15 university ecosystems.

Carol Cheung has become principal at the University of Cambridge patient capital fund, having joined as an associate four years ago.

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

Salesforce Ventures and ABN Amro Ventures helped data privacy software producer Privitar push its overall funding to more than $140m.

Acciona, CLH, BP, Red Eléctrica, Enagás and Iberdrola are all backing Positive Energy+ which will provide financing and assistance to energy-focused technology developers.

Novo and Takeda are set to exit antibody therapy developer Symphogen in an acquisition by one of its strategic partners, Servier.

University of Helsinki will invest $10,800 to $54,000 in its student-founded businesses through the newly-launched Helseed initiative.

The Nykredit-backed digital banking service has expanded its series B round to $50.4m after collecting $21.8m in an extension led by Seed Capital.