Swiss Life-backed Phenex Pharmaceuticals closes series C round.

Icos Cleantech Early Stage Fund II has Netherlands-listed industrial companies Royal BAM Group, CSM and Imtech as investors.

Spain-based oil group Repsol acquires a fifth of biofuels company AlgaEnergy.

veteran broadcaster Peter Bazalgette joins Mirriad as chairman as company closes round with STV Group backing.

Softbank-backed Betfair tries again for UK listing.

OpenCloud, a UK-based supplier of application server software, raises $8m from Nokia Siemens Networks and venture investors.

Dietmar Hopp and Hasso Plattner examine cancer and software respectively as line blurs in corporate venturing.

Transcosmos Investments gains exit through Naspers' acquisition of shopping site operator Multiply.