Construction company SMS joined Boehringer Ingelheim and past corporate backers including Shire, Mitsui and ATMI in backing Promethera.

UK government bodies join together with $5m fund to support tech transfer efforts taking place inside incubator SetSquared.

Commercialisation firm Frontier IP takes 40% equity stake in latest Cambridge spin-out Cambridge Simulation.cac

Engineering firm Skanska licenses Loughborough technology for 3D concrete printing.

Proximus has promoted Vincent Hebbelynck, who has worked for the telecommunications company since 2000, to oversee its incubation and venture capital activities.

The corporate-backed fund provided seed financing for delivery service Lockbox and joined liver damage testing company Humedics' series C round.