Woodford Investment Management has reportedly disposed of its stakes in IP Group and Allied Minds, as its scramble to meet regulatory thresholds and redemption demands from investors in its Equity Income fund gathers pace.

Willis Towers Watson has created a corporate venturing subsidiary, WTW Strategic Ventures, and a new group, the Growth Board, to make strategic investments in startups.

Cisco is set to buy the industrial-focused cybersecurity software provider in a deal of undisclosed size that will hand exits to Sopra Steria and Reply.

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

NTT Docomo Ventures took part in a $12.4m round that will help the emotion recognition platform developer to expand into additional verticals outside marketing.

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

University of Bristol will launch the Unit DY and Unit DZ incubators to build on the success of the science-focused Unit DX hub in the city.

CommerzVentures has returned to back Getsafe, a millennial-focused digital insurance app developer that also counts Rocket Internet as an investor.

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

The Toyota and SMBC-backed VC vehicle has joined Anglo American Platinum, Mitsubishi and Public Investment Corporation in the hope of increasing its investment in hydrogen economy applications.