Mercia Technologies has signed a partnership agreement with University of Edinburgh to help commercialise research emerging from the institution.

Cardiac valve replacement developer HighLife Medical has raised $14.3m from investors including medical device maker and existing backer LivaNova.

The real estate marketing software developer has brought Goodfellows on board as an investor and will expand into the US next year.

UK-based drug research spinout Aquila Biomedical has been purchased by Concept Life Sciences, which hopes to enhance its own service offering to multiple scientific industries.

Access Industries has led a $46.5m series A round for Ada Health, the developer of an app that helps users understand their health condition and recommends treatments.

Peter Nagler is leaving Evonik Industries, where he was head of international innovation, for a position at Singapore's AStar.

The financial services firm's ING Ventures fintech fund will continue work on investments that has so far included Kabbage, WeLab and R3.