Ewa Treitz, a manager at corporate venturing unit 3M New Ventures since 2012, has taken a venture partner position at Poland-based Black Pearls VC.

Leeds University and IP Group take part in a $6.4m round for medical imaging company Quantum Imaging to support commercialisation efforts.

BP, Pie Mapping and Natwest are among the backers of an initiative that will support UK-based startups.

The UK launches its Growth Builder program, co-created by UCL and Loughborough University, to support high-growth companies.

The diversified technology holding company has already invested in Share the Moment project.

The Parkwalk Technology Fund VII launches with plans to invest in five to seven companies that are using intellectual property from universities and R&D departments.

Customer interaction platform Qubit increased its overall funding to $76m in a Goldman Sachs-led round that included returning investor Salesforce.

The bank, which already runs a startup accelerator called UniCredit, is investing the money as part of a larger digital evolution initiative.