The scooter rental platform has now raised more than $95m altogether, after Axa Germany participated in a series B round that will fund European growth.

SBI Group joined existing investor Augmentum Fintech to co-lead a $54.3m series B round for digital business bank Tide at a reported valuation of nearly $250m.

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

EPFL-backed Foundation for Technology Innovation has appointed David Kappeler as director and head of investments.

Founded from University of Surrey's Space Centre, iKinema was bought by Apple in a move seemingly aligned with the corporate's foray into virtual and augmented reality.

Quentin Compton-Bishop has resigned as CEO of Warwick Ventures, but said he would continue to be involved in university venturing.

İskender Dirik has taken on a managing director role at Samsung Next following corporate venturing stints at Bauer Media and Microsoft.

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

Integrated circuit producer Dice has been bought by one of its investors, locally-based corporate Infineon Technologies Austria.

Huawei has been revealed as an LP in Oxford Sciences Innovation, investing late last year before the university blocked the corporate from philanthropic donations.