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.

Orange Digital Ventures and Stripe both returned for a $144m round that doubled the digital bank's valuation to $2.5bn.

The combined value of Woodford's stakes in immunotherapy developer Immunocore has reportedly crashed to $57m from around $112m.

Deutsche Telekom's corporate venturing vehicle has sourced capital from limited partners including SK Telecom and Zeiss for a newly formed VC and growth fund.

The total size of investments from the Cambridge-allied patient capital fund rose from $45.8m in 2017-2018, following a $196m fundraising effort earlier this year.

Imec.xpand has co-led a $7m seed round for Pharrowtech, which is commercialising millimeter wave wireless technology based on research at Imec and Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Condé Nast-backed premium second-hand marketplace Vestiaire Collective has lifted its funding tally to $176m with a $45.2m round co-led by BPIfrance.