Corporate backers Unilever, Aviva and Sky are among the limited partners that helped the investment firm reach a final close of $253m.

Ahren Innovation Capital, co-founded by eight Cambridge, UK, researchers, has reached its final close, having attracted limited partners including Unilever, Sky and Aviva.

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

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

Online trading risk platform Mitigram has raised $10.7m in the round, which included Mandatum Life and brought its total funding to $17.5m.

University of the Balearic Islands spinout Sanifit has raised $62.8m in a series D round backed by existing backer Lundbeckfonden Ventures to bring its overall financing to $149m.

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.