On-demand delivery platform Glovo has confirmed a $35.2m series B round co-led by Rakuten Capital that took its total funding to approximately $43m.

The Foxconn-backed municipal waste management software provider has raised $12m in a round led by Lifeline Ventures that boosted its total funding to more than $30m.

Evotec has invested $17.7m in Exscientia, becoming the first strategic shareholder in the drug discovery spinout, which is based on research at University of Dundee.

Glovo has raised series B capital from a consortium that included Rakuten, enabling the delivery network operator to bolster its international expansion efforts.

Deutsche Bahn and General Motors were among the existing investors as Daimler paid an undisclosed amount to acquire ride sharing platform Flinc.

Dewost said: "With Leonard, Vinci is offering me a chance to contribute to the digital transformation of durable structures and move from bytes to concrete.

Florian Graillot has left Axa Strategic Ventures to form an insurance-focused venture firm called Astorya.vc, the same month as colleague Minh Tran departed.

Laura Bond, formerly senior innovation partnerships manager at Alliance Boots, has moved to Accelerated Digital Ventures where she will be investment lead for venture partnerships.

Girish Nadkarni, president of ABB Technology Ventures from 2009 until late last year, is set to take the president position at Total Energy Ventures.