Funding for Oxford spinouts jumped more than three-fold year-on-year in terms, while OUI generated four new spinouts on top of 118 disclosures and 19 patents.

The Alexandria Real Estate Equities-backed regenerative medicine developer increased its total funding to $147m with a round led by Perceptive Advisors.

BBVA has returned to contribute to a $62m funding round that valued the digital bank at about $660m, and the capital will support hiring and technology investment.

Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners invested in the Salesforce, WME and Netprice-backed customer data platform as part of a $55m series C round.

Reinventure and Mitsubishi Estate took part in a Burda Principal Investments-led round that will enable Hmlet to open additional co-living spaces in Australasia.

Starbucks has acquired an equity stake in the restaurant technology developer following a series B round that featured Starbucks franchisees Alshaya and Alsea.

Nippon Life's corporate venturing unit has selected the 10 startups that will make up accelerator 50M’s second batch.

Sinar Mas and DKSH returned to supply funding to e-commerce services provider aCommerce, in a round that brought its overall funding to roughly $120m.

Main Sequence Ventures contributed to a $3.2m round that brought predictive crop management technology developer FluroSat's funding total to $8.6m.

The Simon-backed e-scooter rental service is looking to boost its valuation to $2.5bn through a series D round that could be up to $300m in size.