Edinburgh spinout Skoog is looking to raised up to $6.4m in funding, having previously obtained money from investors including state-owned Scottish Enterprise.

Based on research at KU Leuven, Ghent University and VIB, Aphea.Bio is working on a product that can increase crop yield while protecting against fungal diseases.

BASF Venture Capital, which had led industrial coating supplier Slips Technologies' 2014 series A round, has returned for a round that included a US government grant.

The database virtualisation technology developer has raised funding in a series A round featuring Dell Technologies Capital that will support product development.

The business asset management platform developer has raised $10m in a series A round led by GE Ventures that included fellow corporate venturing unit ServiceNow Ventures.

Illumina Ventures has led a series A round for SerImmune, which will use the funding to enhance its immune system mapping platform.

Google's newly formed AI fund has made its first public investment, leading a $10.5m round for app algorithm marketplace Algorithmia that included Rakuten.

Illumina Ventures has led a series A round for SerImmune, which will use the funding to enhance its immune system mapping platform.