Chiesi Farmaceutici has agreed to acquire Atopix Therapeutics, an indirect spinout of Oxford University, in a transaction potentially worth in excess of $80m.

Chiesi Farmaceutici has agreed to acquire Atopix Therapeutics, an indirect spinout of Oxford University, in a transaction potentially worth in excess of $80m.

The newly formed Sodexo Ventures joined existing backer Orange Digital Ventures to help the point-of-sale software developer expand internationally.

The monoclonal antibody developer took its total funding to about $220m since 2010 in a round that included Shenzhen Hepalink and Malin Corporation.

The drone traffic management platform, which spun out of research institute Vito, secured funding from Qbic, Terra Drone and PMV.

Yahoo Japan will exit travel search platform Skyscanner less than a year after taking part in a $192m round that reportedly valued it at $1.6bn.

The agriculture analytics business has acquired VitalFields for an undisclosed sum, giving an exit to sister unit Monsanto Growth Ventures.

The UK-based pharmaceuticals company joins an investor group that includes Biogen, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Lilly, Pfizer and Takeda.