Solar Foods is advancing VTT and LUT research as the basis for a wheat flour-like food protein product fermented using water, electricity and CO2.

Adisseo is the cornerstone investor in a Seventure Partners fund that has reached a first close of almost $30m.

Eric Vincent, formerly Engie's deputy director of corporate venture capital, has been hired by Demeter Partners as a partner.

The Ping An, Sberbank and Commerzbank-backed social trading platform has attracted $100m in funding at an $800m valuation from investors including SBI.

Reply's internet-of-things fund has invested in rounds for energy intelligence technology developer Metron and temperature analysis startup Tag Sensors totalling $5.3m.

Fidelity subsidiary Eight Roads Ventures has attracted $375m for a Europe and Israel-focused fund that will target enterprise, consumer, fintech and healthcare IT.

Vermouth brand Belsazar is the first portfolio company of Diageo-backed accelerator Distill Ventures to be acquired by the corporate.

The Rabobank-backed food and agriculture venture firm has added $75m to the $125m first fund it initially closed in early 2016, and announced two new investments.

Qubis has backed Causeway's bid to create a nanochip-powered sensor that would help prevent ineffective antibiotic prescriptions.

Boston Scientific has bought Emcision, a spinout from Imperial College London that is developing a range of surgical instruments.