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.

The Cambridge spinout has secured cash from the Cambridge Enterprise Seed Fund, Cambridge Innovation Capital, Parkwalk Advisors and others.

The insurer's AXA Strategic Ventures unit has exited email contacts tool developer EverContact through an acquisition by One More Company, in which it has also invested.

The Higher Education Funding Council for England has published its report, commissioned by the previous government, into best practices and policies for knowledge transfer in the UK.