Santander and Royal Bank of Scotland joined existing backer HSBC as shareholders in a $12.9m round for the customer services technology provider.

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

UCL Technology Fund-backed gene therapy developer Orchard Therapeutics raised $200m in an offering that could possibly close at $230m.

GSK, Sphera Global and Medison-backed gene therapy developer Orchard Therapeutics raised $200m in an offering that could possibly close at $230m.

Leiden University has backed a series A round co-led by Evonik and VisVires New Protein.

Oxford spinout Argonaut Therapeutics has received $2.6m from JW Pharmaceuticals in return for a 25% stake.

Prosiebensat.1's SevenVentures unit joined fellow existing investors Vattenfall and Rocket Internet to invest $11.3m in smart home product supplier Tink.

Solar energy installation services platform Otovo has secured $11.4m in a round co-led by KLP that included Agder Energi Venture, Akershus Energi and Obos.

The smart garden technology developer has reeled in $11m to fuel international growth in a round featuring Ikea parent Ingka Group and Groupe SEB subsidiary SEB Alliance

Kate Rowley, formerly a director of IP Group with a focus on the healthcare sector, has joined investment firm BioScience Managers.