Venture capital firm Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners led the B round as a new investor, alongside InnoBio and Omnes Capital, the former venture unit of local bank Credit Agricole.

Biopharma startup Poxel, a France-based diabetes drug development firm spun off from biotechnology company Merck Serono, has raised €13m ($17m) in its series B round.

Venture capital firm Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners led the B round as a new investor, alongside InnoBio and Omnes Capital, the former venture unit of local bank Credit Agricole.

In July 2010, Poxel raised €16m ($19.7m) in its A round.

Merck Serono, which set up a corporate venturing unit last year, was not part of the A round…