Cambridge University and its business incubator Ideaspace spearhead pan-European platform which aims to launch globally-competitive startups.

Oxford spin-out Fuel 3D secures $2.6m ahead of planned summer financing round and a potential 2015 IPO.

Queen Mary University of London spin-out Actual Experience is admitted to Aim.

Ziebel, a Norwegian provider of specialist well intervention services for the oil and gas industry, has closed a round of growth capital raising $10m. The funding was secured from lead investor ConocoPhillips Technology Ventures, along with Chevron Technology Ventures, and Energy Technology Ventures. Existing Ziebel investors Energy Ventures, Viking Venture, Jebsen Asset Management, Investinor, and Klaveness Invest also participated in the round.

Project A Ventures has participated in a reported seven-figure series A round of funding for 42matters, a Switzerland-based, mobile app discovery business.

Thorsten Claus has left T-Venture for Next World Capital, while his former colleague Brook Wessel has gone to Telstra.

Loughborough spin-out Intelligent Energy could be heading for its initial public offering.