Marcos Battisti, one of the keynote speakers at our London Symposium this week, cautions that the growth in corporate venturing units in Europe, is unlikely to create a more successful European ecosystem.

CE is currently putting together its second enterprise fund, allocating $2.2m for the 2013/14 tax year.

Carol David Daniel (pictured), head of technology transfer and commercialisation in the enterprise office, City University, London, is writing in a personal capacity.

The amount of the investment was undisclosed.

Lewis Trust Group joins investors in backing online retailer The Hut Group.

Cizzle Biotechnology announces cancer-fighting partnership with Fujirebio Diagnostics.

Czech website builder buys into online appointment company Reservio.