The Salesforce-backed online insurance platform is reportedly valued at nearly $1bn having raised funding from investors including CreditEase.

Cemex Ventures founding member and adviser Pedro Irujo left the unit in December 2018 after two years, and 13 years at its parent company.

Oxford-founded biopharmaceutical development instrument manufacturer Refeyn has secured funding from the university and OSI to help scale manufacturing and distribution.

Vilmorin & Cie has joined fellow corporates including BNP Paribas, Naval Group and MGEN as an investor in the targeted $87.5m PSL Innovation Fund.

Zurich brain injury antibody spinout NovaGo has extended its strategic partnership with immunotherapy company Neurimmune by securing its support in a series A round.

Vilmorin & Cie has joined fellow corporates including BNP Paribas, Naval Group, KPN, Famille C and Mgen as an investor in PSL Innovation Fund, which is targeting an $87.5m close.

The data management platform has increased its overall funding to $14m in an $11.7m round featuring Salesforce Ventures and will put the cash towards recruitment.

Nightstar Therapeutics, based on Oxford research, stands to receive $800m from Biogen in an acquisition deal that comes a year and a half after completing a $75m IPO.

Process management technology developer Iconpro was founded out of RWTH Aachen last year and is targeting its services at the manufacturing sector.

Ghent-founded indoor position technology business Pozyx has amassed more than $1.5m having recently completed the launch of its initial product range.