Less than 18 months after co-founding Google Ventures Europe as a general partner, Eze Vidra is leaving Google Ventures and parent company Alphabet.

Neoness, which operates a gym chain across Paris and other French cities, has raised $27.4m from Tikehau subsidiary Salvepar.

Zurich spinout Xeltis raises an additional $3.25m to continue development of its dissolvable implants.

Durham spinout Applied Graphene Materials raises $12m to scale up its manufacturing capacity.

Students on dental, veterinary and physiotherapy courses gain an academic lift with personalised development plans thanks to Liverpool University spinout Liftupp.

Tidal power developer Scotrenewables has now secured about $35m in total, after DP Energy joined existing investors Total, ABB, Harland & Wolff and Fred.Olsen.

The Soraya Salti Social Impact Scholarship Fund targets young female entrepreneurs in the Middle East, South Asia and Africa regions.

Swisscom-backed medicine analytics platform Sophia Genetics has secured new funding, taking its overall equity capital to more than $31m.