University Hospital Tübingen's liver disease treatment spinout HepaRegenix has raised $21.6m in all following a series B round that will fund trials of its first candidate.

Harvard-founded industrial robot supplier Soft Robotics welcomed corporates Yamaha, Honeywell, Fanuc and Tekfen for its series B round.

SoftBank led a $103m series B round for the internet-of-things network and hub developer that made up one of two rounds it has raised.

The round, reportedly the largest ever for a France-based financial technology developer, took the total raised by the business banking app developer to $150m.

SIG has returned to invest in a $100m series D round for the online employee training service after contributing to its previous two rounds.

Yamaha, Honeywell, Fanuc and Tekfen all invested in the robotic arm developer, which has also forged a strategic partnership with Fanuc.

Poste Italiane and existing investors ABN Amro and BNP Paribas took part in a $98.1m round for open-banking software provider Tink, which is now valued at almost $460m.

Collection House-backed Volt launched its savings account app last month and raised the $48.1m as it looks to add more features to its digital banking offering.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

The online convenience store raised $750m six months ago, in a round led by SoftBank Vision Fund, it has emerged.