Suat Topsu, a professor at University of Paris-Saclay, has been appointed president of Satt IDF Innov, one of France’s regional tech transfer organisations.

NIBC Bank has contributed to a $100m funding round for lender Acorn OakNorth, which is now valued at $2.3bn.

Sentea has been spun out with $1.9m in seed funding to commercialise fibre optic sensor technologies that monitor engineering structures for wear and damage.

Vesalius has provided $4.7m to Forendo Pharma, whose existing shareholders also include Karolinska Development, Novartis, Novo and Merck Group.

Tengelmann Ventures and HV Holtzbrinck Ventures have sold their entire shareholding in kitchenware retailer Springlane to its founder.

The mobile bank operator will use the funds from the PayPal and International Airlines Group-backed round for hiring and international expansion.

Softgarden, a spinout of Saarland University, has been acquired for Investcorp Technology Partners for an undisclosed sum.