The government of Luxembourg has launched a seed fund with the support of the private sector to support domestic startups in the digital economy.

ABB has contributed to a series A round for Cambridge Medical Robotics, a startup working on robot-assisted keyhole surgery.

Sistema has led a $6.2m series C round that will help contractor recruitment platform YouDo expand into the US, Europe and Asia.

Santander has doubled the amount of capital allocated to the UK-based fintech corporate venturing unit it launched two years ago.

VIB-affiliated V-Bio Ventures has joined a series A round for the retinal treatment developer that already included Imperial Innovations.

The Edinburgh spinout, which uses LED light to wirelessly transmit data, has attracted series B capital from a consortium led by Temasek, the investment arm of Singapore's government.

Privacy technology provider Silent Circle took its funding to $130m in just over two years with a series C round led by strategic investor Santander.

Internet company Yandex was among the participants in a Baring Vostok-led round that will enable Russia-based Doc+ to expand across the country.

UK government-created and EU-backed institutions support Ablatus Therapeutics in its $648,000 round to commercialise a potential treatment for solid cancer tumours.