The eight-digit euro round featured an investment by the corporate venture capital arm of metals distributor Kloeckner & Co.

The automotive components producer will invest in technologically relevant companies at early and late-stage through the newly formed Zukunft Ventures unit.

Avery Dennison has led a $22m funding round for the flexible electronics producer, while existing shareholders ARM and Cambridge Innovation Capital returned.

Avery Dennison has led a $22m funding round for the flexible electronics producer, while existing shareholders ARM and Cambridge Innovation Capital returned.

Globachem joined the biofungicide developer's investor base in a series B round that included several of the company's series A investors.

The company's corporate venturing unit contributed almost half of the $25.5m in series C funding raised by Airborne Oil and Gas, which is also backed by Shell, Chevron and Evonik.

SoftBank led the microbe engineering technology company's latest round, bringing its overall funding to $174m in less than 18 months.

Imperial Innovations has exited ICL spinout Permasense following its acquisition by Emerson Electric for $39m in upfront cash and up to an additional $12.8m in milestone payments.