Germany-based company WPX Faserkeramik has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding from High-Tech Gruenderfonds.

UniQure, a gene-therapy company based in The Netherlands, has closed its initial public offering which raised $91.8m by selling 5.4 million shares of common stock.

Sigfox, which is building a cellular network for connected devices, has secured $20.7m in a round featuring Intel.

The Spanish banking group has created a new digital banking unit, which will oversee its venture capital investments.

Max Planck Institute and Brown University team up on new company looking to create 3D digital avatars.

The music streaming service, which counts Coca Cola, Goldman Sachs and Fidelity among its investors, has reportedly started talks with investment banks over an initial public offering.

Bank-backed BGF has taken a minority stake in TCC, which provides consultancy services to the UK's financial services industry.

Leeds spin-out performs below expectations on recent IPO on AIM.

Susan Searle, former chief executive of Imperial Innovations, joins the board of UK-listed defence development group Qinetiq.