Inven Capital, the strategic fund formed by Czech energy utility ?ez, has received $59m each from ?ez and European Investment Bank.

Subtap has created a web platform aimed at the construction industry to facilitate hiring temporary subcontractors.

Royal College of Art has spun out Pollinator Orchard Management, which will develop agtech to boost pollination rates and crop yields by exploiting natural pollinators such as flies.

CorrosionRadar is gearing up to trial sensors for identifying deep corrosion in oil and gas pipeline.

MacPaw was among the investors in a $12.5m series B round for sales software provider Paddle, with the cash to go to hiring and product development.

Unipart Rail has acquired Instrumentel, a spinout from University of Leeds that is developing telemetry systems for rail and automotive applications.

The universities of Sheffield and Leeds have launched a new spinout, Redbrick Molecular, that will market specialty chemicals.

The dental imaging spinout is set to launch technology that gives dental patients a real-time visual impression of ongoing tooth decay.