Numerous private investors from the City of London back Oxford spin-out's move into the ophthalmology market with $33.5m.

Life sciences spin-out Cartegnia attracts funding from its parent university Leuven.

Puridify $1.42m seed round is co-led by Imperial Innovations and SR One, and matched with public funds.

The Access-backed firm, which promotes itself as the world's largest internet incubator, is set to float in Frankfurt later in 2014.

Epidarex's successful raise underlines a strong strategy for supporting UK university innovation, says GUV editor Gregg Bayes-Brown.

The investment is led by Wellington Partners.

The Max Planck spin-out has been taken over on a share deal basis.

BGF, backed by five financial services firms, has made further investments in two of its portfolio companies, a chain of Mexican restaurants and a gym operator.

Mark Muth spoke to Global Corporate Venturing about the corporate venture capital space and PricewaterhouseCoopers' plans to include CVC advisement more fully in its services.