AbbVie Ventures has participated in a $20m round that will support nanotechnology drug developer Exicure's reverse merger with a shell company.

Nucana, a Scottish Investment Bank-backed cancer treatment developer, and Nightstar Therapeutics, an Oxford spinout focused on retinal gene therapies, have entered the public market.

The SIG-backed lifestyle media and e-commerce brand has raised $40m in a round co-led by China Broadband Capital and Ocean Link.

Deutsche Bahn and General Motors were among the existing investors as Daimler paid an undisclosed amount to acquire ride sharing platform Flinc.

On-demand ride service Grab has been revealed to have been a contributor to the $45m in series B funding bicycle rental network oBike raised in August.

Carlos Domingo, formerly chief new business and innovation officer for Du, left last month to co-found Spice Venture Capital, which is using an ICO to raise capital.

Rohit Bodas has departed from his partner position at American Express Ventures and will take the same role at BBVA-backed VC firm Propel Venture Partners.

Laura Bond, formerly senior innovation partnerships manager at Alliance Boots, has moved to Accelerated Digital Ventures where she will be investment lead for venture partnerships.

Western Digital Capital director Aymerik Renard has departed to join an emerging venture capital player.