Santander InnoVentures has made a strategic investment in Curve, the developer of a payment card that links to multiple accounts, as part of a $10m series A round.

Existing backer Cisco Investments came back to contribute to a $9.5m round for the industrial sensor developer, which also counts Mitsui as a shareholder.

The vital signs tracker developer has raised $13.5m in an oversubscribed round that included corporates Swiss Re and STMicroelectronics.

Carmaker Toyota's research division has put $100m into a unit called Toyota AI Ventures and disclosed its first three portfolio companies.

Online clothing modelling platform Metail has received $12.9m from TAL Group, which had teamed with Perform Group to invest $12m in the company three years ago.

The university has introduced a quality seal that will be awarded to spinouts, with recipients gaining access to a wide range of resources.

The immune system-based cybersecurity software spinout based on University of Cambridge research has now raised about $180m in total.

The building materials retail group has launched an accelerator called Breakthru that will invest in and mentor health and safety, digitalisation and customer service startups.

Salesforce Ventures has invested a part of a round that will enable the data intelligence software provider to strengthen R&D and expand in new and existing markets.