Recruit has acqured Ganske Verlagsgruppe and HP Autonomy-backed consumer feedback platform TrustYou for an undisclosed amount.

The medical imaging technology provider has contributed $16.8m to BioMedTech, a fund managed by life sciences-focused VC firm Truffle Capital.

Topics at the annual PraxisUnico conference included the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, international benchmarking in university venturing funds and the importance of the creative industries.

Europcar and existing investor AutoBinck have contributed to an $11.2m round for European peer-to-peer car sharing platform Snappcar.

CNP Assurances subsidiary Open CNP led a $7.8m round for blockchain-powered process compliance startup Stratumn that also featured Nasdaq.

The corporates have teamed with OurCrowd and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Yissum Research Development Company for an incubator which will open later this year.

Novartis and Alphabet subsidiary Verily were among the limited partners for a the late-stage fund, which will complement the GSK and Johnson & Johnson-backed fund Medicxi closed in 2016.

Cisco Investments and BNP Paribas are now among the participants in a round already featuring Swisscom, KPN, Orange, Foxconn, Inmarsat and Robert Bosch.