Based on Fraunhofer IPK and Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin research, the endoscopy guidance tool developer had raised seed and series A capital from investors including Fraunhofer Society.

The AI-focused drug developer received cash from new and existing investors that could include Lundbeck and Upsher-Smith Laboratories.

Matthew Mead is stepping down from his position as chief investment officer at Mercia Technologies to pursue a portfolio advisory career, with Julian Viggars taking over the CIO role.

Swedbank Robur has led a funding round for savings app developer Qapital, whose existing shareholders include Anthemis Exponential Ventures.

The financial services firm has set up a strategic investment unit that will target areas such as artificial intelligence, distributed ledger and smart contract technology.

Highland Europe has led a series B round for Bitmovin, which has developed technology to encode videos for streaming and is based on research at University of Klagenfurt.

The street-level mapping data provider's latest round was led by BMW i Ventures and included NavInfo and Samsung Catalyst Fund.

Idinvest Digital Fund III has reached its first close having received capital from new and existing limited partners that include unnamed corporates.

Orchard Therapeutics has licensed a range of gene therapies from GSK, which will get a 19.9% stake in the UCL spinout as part of the deal.