Research into a material that can transform from opaque to transparent draws the interest of companies as Cambridge Enterprise commercialises the work.

Imperial graduates celebrate an exit as Twitter acquires machine learning systems developer Magic Pony Technology.

Media company Bonnier has taken part in a $5.9m round for fertility tracking app provider Natural Cycles through its Bonnier Media Growth investment subsidiary.

Gene-editing technology developer Crispr Therapeutics has secured $38m to increase a round backed by $65m from Bayer and Vertex Pharmaceuticals to $140m.

Nord LB and Commerzbank are among the investors in a funding round for payment-to-voucher conversion platform OptioPay.

Bayer and DuPont have joined a consortium of investors to co-found a $15m agtech-focused accelerator fund dubbed Radicle, which has closed $6m so far.

Direct selling company Vorwerk's corporate venturing vehicle made its second investment in Juniqe as part of the affordable art platform's series B round.

Novosibirsk State University and Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics join forces to create a $13.8m venture fund.

EIF invests in the tech transfer fund of Groningen University and UMCG to support innovation in northern areas of the Netherlands and the healthy ageing sector.