Alkemics, a smart data platform that helps manufacturers manage product details, has added $22.5m to its coffers following a series B round backed by SEB.

Email contact management tool Evercontact will also be the first startup to join the insurance group's AXA Factory accelerator.

Vivasure Medical has closed an $18.3m series C round co-led by Evonik Venture Capital and will use the cash to commercialise its blood vessel closure device.

Oxford University's commercialisation arm has appointed Matt Perkins as its new chief executive, replacing Tom Hockaday who stepped down earlier this year.

21st Century Fox has invested in DriveTribe, the platform for motoring enthusiasts co-founded by former Top Gear presenters that has now secured $13m in total.

ACG has returned to back a $15m round for Ogury, which specialises in targeted advertising on mobile devices.

Imperial College London has backed a $53.7m fund set up by incubator Entrepreneur First to support graduating startups.

Conglomerate Sistema has formed its third fund collaboration this year, this time in partnership with Russian nanotechnology commercialisation company Rusnano.

Boehringer Ingelheim was among the investors as the RNA therapeutics developer reached the final close of a round it began raising in 2014.