The UK's Business Growth Fund backs the Scotland-based laser company.

The Germany-based software company secures the exit after raising its first institutional funding round from Intel Capital and XAnge Private Equity two years ago.

Pinel Advocates' corporate venturing unit is off to a quick start in investing after launching in March.

The former corporate venturing unit of US-based pharmaceutical company Quintiles is a backer of the UK-based oncology and critical care company, which was sold to Jazz Pharmaceuticals for $650m.

Nuno Carvalho is the new head of Bekaert Corporate Venturing since the beginning of the month

After nearly two years at Vodafone Ventures, Lardieg had been investor and board observer at a number of companies, including LocalResponse and VoucherCloud.

Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI) provided the money to Dealvertise, which was founded in June by Berlin-based incubator Found Fair Ventures.

The cellular network algorithm company which spun off from the Mobile Communications Group of the Vienna University of Technology in Austria, is sold ten years after being founded.

The Sweden based chip intellectual property company exits to the Taiwan based company, after being being backed by SEB Venture Capital in 2010.