InoCardia has secured the investment from Mercia Fund Management.

Adapt Low Carbon Group and Tsukuba Technology Seed will be investing in agricultural innovation.

Amcure, a spinout of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, has raised $6.7m from LBBW's venture capital subsidiary.

Business angels from the US and UK as well as the Technology Strategy Board invest in the spin-out.

Aberdeen spin-out TauRx has reached its enrolment target for a phase III clinical trial.

Spin-out Keracol partners with Marks & Spencer on skincare beauty products made from red wine waste products.

The Germany-based company has now raised more than $190m since it was founded, with the Swisscom-backed Mona Lisa Fund among existing backers.

Game developers Nexon and Wargaming will join Zynga CEO Don Mattrick as limited partners in the fund, which will make initial investments of up to $500,000.