Jens Schulte, who oversaw corporate venturing at PostFinance, has been promoted to head of M&A for its parent company, Swiss Post.

Aave’s newly formed corporate venturing unit will fund digital asset technologies and other blockchain-related ideas ranging from payment services to games.

The Delft-affiliated fund has reached its first close on its way to a $120m target, having secured capital from a range of limited partners.

Industrial VR headset developer Varjo has raised funding from investors including Siemens' Next47 unit as it prepares to launch its lead product.

Editor-in-chief James Mawson takes an in-depth look at what the Horizon Europe budget needs to achieve.

University and government venturing successes fail to attract significant corporate interest

Sun protection product developer Nanosive has been launched by Truffle Capital with a licence from Yale University.

The newly-founded Oxford cardiovascular imaging spinout raised seed funding from backers including Oxford Sciences Innovation to pursue further product development.

Immunometabolic drug developer Sitryx has closed a series A round featuring GlaxoSmithKline, after taking part in the latter's Immunology Network initiative.

Marin Cauvas has joined Anthemis as an investment associate from Santander InnoVentures.