EPFL spinout Kandou has pushed its total funding to $96m following a series C round that featured Swisscom Ventures and its Digital Transformation Fund.

Tencent led a series A round for the asset-tracking technology developer that closed with investments from Rakuten and Bloomberg Beta.

The power producer has hired Álvaro Reguera Ferrer and Elena de Benavides Jimenez, the former having been in an investment role at Repsol.

Fortum has selected startup investments and acquisitions manager Mikko Huumo as its new head of external venturing.

Conichi has been purchased by strategic investor HRS and will be integrated into the travel booking platform's business division.

Translation technology provider Unbabel boosted its total funding to $91m in a round that included existing investors M12 and Samsung Next.

Declan Kelly, formerly a founding partner at venture firm Amaranthine Partners, has joined the Germany-based investment team at accelerator Techstars.

Santander's SmartBank was among the latest investors in online tailored clothing retailer Lookiero, which will spend the proceeds on European expansion.

ICL has launched a student-run equity investment fund divided into market-neutral equities and a quantitatively-managed portfolio.

ETH Zurich’s Versantis picked up series B funding from Zürcher Kantonalbank among other returning investors to bring its total to $20.6m.