The energy supplier's corporate venturing subsidiary has put an undisclosed sum into Oxford's smart water boiler spinout Mixergy.

The CommerzVentures and Intesa Sanpaolo-backed business lending platform secured the series D funding together with some $169m in debt financing.

Commerzbank's corporate venturing unit has returned for a $33.8m round that was led by Bessemer Venture Partners and backed by several existing investors.

The business finance management app developer has secured $11.3m in a round that included Deutsche Bank and Axa, increasing its overall funding to approximately $27m.

Kinnevik has agreed to invest $42.5m in Clas Ohlson-backed online supermarket MatHem while buying $53.5m in a secondary investment deal.

Axovant spinoff Arvelle Therapeutics received $180m in the LSP-led series A round, and will focus on the development of a recently licensed epilepsy drug.

Salesforce Ventures and GV both invested, as the business payment processing software provider took its total funding up to $123m.

SoftBank has reportedly invested $200m in a Europe-focused venture capital fund formed by Mubadala, which had committed $15bn to its Vision Fund two years ago.

The CNP Assurances-backed health insurance provider has collected $45.3m in a series B round that more than doubled its total funding.

University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores and Liverpool City Council will launch the Sciontec Liverpool fund to drive works for the city’s $2.6bn Knowledge Quarter Liverpool project.