University Hospital Tübingen's liver disease treatment spinout HepaRegenix has raised $21.6m in all following a series B round that featured Novo and Boehringer Ingelheim.

Michael McFadgen, formerly managing director at Nex Opportunities, has taken a partner position at Element Ventures, which is raising a $130m for its first fund.

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

University Hospital Tübingen's liver disease treatment spinout HepaRegenix has raised $21.6m in all following a series B round that will fund trials of its first candidate.

The round, reportedly the largest ever for a France-based financial technology developer, took the total raised by the business banking app developer to $150m.

Poste Italiane and existing investors ABN Amro and BNP Paribas took part in a $98.1m round for open-banking software provider Tink, which is now valued at almost $460m.

The space-focused venture firm, which counts corporates OHB, Post Luxembourg and SES as backers, has achieved a first close sized at $77.9m.

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

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

Kairós Digital Solutions has hired Pedro Trucharte, who helped set up MásVentures for MásMóvil, to establish its corporate venturing vehicle, Kairós Ventures.