Ladi Greenstreet has left his US-based head of healthcare position at Accenture Ventures to become the unit's head of UK and Ireland.

Cardiovascular drug developer Sanifit raised $82.1m including $62.8m from investors that included existing backer Lundbeckfonden Ventures to bring its overall financing to $149m.

Nuno Carvalho, formerly director of innovation and corporate venturing at Bekaert, has spoken to GCV about his new remit as an investment director for KBC's VC investment vehicle, KBC Focus Fund.

Laundrapp and Zipjet have combined their on-demand laundry services platform, which has raised funding in a round backed by Henkel.

Statkraft, NTT Docomo and Reply all took part in the machine learning-powered energy analytics platform operator's $11.3m funding round.

The BBVA Open Innovation Acceleration Program will work with startups to foster innovation in the fintech ecosystem.

Innogy Ventures led a second close for eSmaft System's latest round, which includes Equinor Energy Ventures and Kongsberg Digital, taking it to $34.4m.

Pablo Moro Casquete has left his head of innovation role at Mutua Madrileña to join Telefónica’s Innovation Investment arm, having previously worked for the telecoms firm for over a decade.

Genetic sequencing spinout Oxford Nanopore is the latest to be hit by the Woodford saga, with reports that the fund manager is looking to sell off its stake.

Bavaria Nordic has exited the Norway-based car sharing service, which has been bought by US-based peer Getaround in a $12m deal.