Toyota has backed Imperial's spatial robotics software spinout SlamCore's latest round, adding to seed funding raised from Imperial Innovations and others in May 2017.

The lending platform's existing shareholders, which include Rocket Internet, sold $184m in shares as part of the offering.

The SB Isat-backed cybersecurity technology developer increased its overall funding to $230m in a Vitruvian-led round that valued it at $1.65bn.

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

Russia-based air carrier S7 Airlines is lining up a $50m fund having already tested the waters with $10m of corporate venturing investments.

Software bug checking developer Code Intelligence spun out of University of Bonn in 2017 and has now been backed by HTGF and Digital Hub Bonn.

Chalmers-backed Swedish Algae Factory hopes to commercialise silicon materials made from a subtype of algae with qualities favourable to trapping light and blocking UV rays.

The Berliner Volksbank-backed digital wealth manager has secured almost $39m in a Toscafund-led funding round.

Founded out of Université catholique de Louvain and Wageningen University research, A-Mansia Biotech hopes to commercialise nutritional supplements for patients at heightened cardio-metabolic risk.

Oxford University Innovation expects to form 10 spinouts each year from an initiative for impact-led businesses.