Freight shipping marketplace operator Fleet will put the proceeds from the series A round, which was led by Lufthansa and backed by UPS, into recruitment and product development.

Oxford spinout Bodle Technologies has secured series A funding from investors including university venture fund Oxford Sciences Innovation.

The industrial data analytics provider has been backed by the Stanford-StartX fund, after graduating from the accelerator program in 2016.

UCD spinout Nuritas will mark the commercial release of a sports nutrition product formulated in part by its peptide discovery platform next year.

The boutique furniture producer, which counts La-Z-Boy as a strategic investor, has raised $5.6m in a round that included Beringea.

Luxury activewear seller Carbon38 has raised cash from Foot Locker, which also runs its own female activewear e-commerce brand.

Gilead Sciences, Ping An Ventures, Be The Match BioTherapies and existing investor Lilly Ventures Asia all backed the immunotherapy developer's series A round.