Bertelsmann vehicle BAI Capital co-led a $150m C2 round for payment card provider Stori while Sram and Mram supplied $100m in series A funding for blockchain ecosystem developer 5ire.

Flow Traders Capital is equipped with over $50m and will invest in digital asset and financial infrastructure technology for its market maker parent.

Oxford Science Enterprises now has just over $1bn under management and already boasts a portfolio of more than 80 University of Oxford spinouts.

NextEra Energy, SK and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America were part of a $300m round for Monolith while Superscrypt helped Safe secure $100m.

Alphabet unit GV participated in autonomous flight technology developer Merlin Labs’ $105m series B round while several corporates helped Cathay Innovation close a $1bn fund.

Robert Bosch's corporate venturing subsidiary is launching a Boston office in connection with the launch of a $253m fund, its largest yet, according to Philipp Rose.

Galen Joneja has been promoted to venture manager at Schlumberger New Energy, the company division of the US-French global oilfield service conglomerate

Sanofi, Access Industries and Alphabet helped Areteia Therapeutics raise $350m, and Nordisk Games acquires Supermassive Games.

The exit comes as Trenkle accepts his new position at Novo Ventures, the venture capital arm of Novo Holdings.