Digital+ Partners' Digital Growth Fund I vehicle will focus on fintech and industrial technology businesses in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

The optical systems designer has received cash from the Parkwalk Opportunities Fund, approximately four months after being spun out of Oxford.

Denso invested half the money in a $14.2m round also backed by Faurecia that took the 3D conductive technology developer's total financing to $57m.

The Alphabet-backed spaceflight operator has extended its latest round to $450m, indicating the continued investor interest in space technologies.

GV returned for the round, as did Acre Venture Partners, after both previously backed a $40m series C this past March.

Alphabet-backed spacecraft manufacturer SpaceX has added $100m to its latest funding round, taking the total to $450m and the company valuation to $21.5bn.

LyondellBassel will buy stakes from the local government of Limburg and VC firm Chemelot Ventures, to hold joint ownership in QCP with Suez.