VTT spinout TactoTek has closed a $14.5m funding round that featured a range of strategic investors such as Plastic Omnium and Nanogate.

Visa and Commerzbank both featured in a $14.5m round for Payworks that will help meet demand for its cloud-based payment processing software.

Agbar Group led a $4.9m round for the cyber threat detection provider that included existing investor Telefónica.

The laser technology developer secured the funding on the heels of a $410,000 ESA contract to develop subsystems for advanced communications satellites.

Ditto has turned University of Leeds research into an automated advisor bot that gives plain-speaking technical guidance with a high degree of accountability.