Almi Invest and trade union Unionen have both returned with funding for Beactica, a drug discovery company based on Uppsala University research.

Channel 4-backed digital magazine platform Readly has added $11.7m to its coffers thanks to commitments from two new investors, Swedbank Robur and Zouk Capital.

KTH foot scanner technology spinout Volumental has secured cash from Forward VC, Walerud Ventures and Moor Capital after previously closing a seed round in 2014.

Lidar technology developer Blickfeld has secured a $5.7m extension from investors including Unternehmertum Venture Capital Partners to bring its seed round to $10m.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals has led a series B round for Genomics, a spinout from University of Oxford that also attracted Oxford Sciences Innovation and IP Group.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals has led a series B round for Genomics, a spinout from University of Oxford that also attracted Oxford Sciences Innovation and IP Group.

DataChemist has spun out from Trinity College Dublin with support from University Bridge Fund to commercialise an analytics platform for disorganised data.

Lidar technology developer Blickfeld has secured a $5.7m extension from investors including Unternehmertum Venture Capital Partners to bring its seed round to $10m.