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.

Ola has bought FoodPanda India from Delivery Hero and invested $200m in the company, while Delivery Hero will get a stake in Ola.

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