Swiss Post, Samsung and Edenred helped workplace communication platform Beekeper add more series A funding to the $8m it raised last year.

Amazon Web Services has hired Ewa Treitz from fund manager Black Pearls as a business development manager to work with startups.

Douglas Flint has been appointed as chairman of IP Group, taking over from Mike Humphrey on November 1.

Tire recycling technology provider Black Bear Carbon has received $12.8m in a round backed by both corporates.

Caroline Dreyer has been promoted after serving as deputy general manager of regional TTO Satt Conectus in Alsace for six years.

Medical imaging company iThera spun out of Helmholtz Zentrum München in 2010 and has now been backed by lighting products maker Osram.

Cancer drug developer ViraTherapeutics has been acquired by Boehringer Ingelheim, three years after the corporate led its series A round.

Rocket Internet-backed online furniture retailer Westwing aims to raise $139m in an initial public offering in Frankfurt.

The banks, both now strategic partners of debt marketplace CrossLend, have also invested in a $16.2m round for the company.

Luxembourg car insurance telematics spinout Motion-S has secured the backing of automobile and cycle trade body Febiac as it prepares to expand into other mobility segments.