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.

Innovative region: Germany

Engie New Ventures alumnus Giovanni Ravina, became chief innovation officer for another Engie subsidiary, Engie EPS, in January this year.

ICL will restore internal tech transfer activities from its Imperial White City Incubator, in the process ending its arrangement with commercialisation firm IP Group.

Statkraft Ventures is set to exit distributed energy software provider Limejump in an acquisition by Shell that will follow some $10m of funding for the company.