Mitsui has joined Idinvest Partners and European Investment Bank for a $65.4m round for smart battery system producer Forsee Power.

Corporates Varner and Gjensidige are among the limited partners for Hadean Ventures' first fund, which will back European life sciences startups.

The universities of Aston, Birmingham, Cranfield, Keele, Leicester, Loughborough, Nottingham and Warwick plan to launch a unified intellectual property office.

The University College London gene therapy spinout has completed a series B round backed by the institution's UCL Technology Fund.

Insurer Allianz has invested $96.6m to become the largest strategic shareholder in mobile insurance and health platform Bima.

UV Boosting is the first spinout to emerge from a collaboration between Satt Sud-Est and startup studio TechnoFounders.