Trade Sale

Rogue Venture Partners-backed Streem has been bought by Frontdoor, which has plans for its augmented reality-based remote home services technology.

The Inserm spinout secured a $7.8m series B extension and boosted its portfolio with the acquisition of AVCare, a Satt Ouest Valorisation-allied business.

Industrial and technical products supplier TKH Group has picked up VTT-founded optical confocal imaging sensor company FocalSpec to enhance its portfolio of precision quality control sensors.

KCK has wholly acquired University of Edinburgh spinout Dukosi, which will continue to operate from its Scotland base ahead of a global expansion.

AT&T advertising unit Xandr has bought Clypd, a TV advertising optimisation service that counts Duke University as a shareholder.

Qorvo has purchased a portfolio company, radio frequency technology developer Cavendish Kinetics, which was spun out of Cambridge two decades ago.

ICL vascular implant spinout Veryan Medical has been bought by medical device firm Otsuka after raising $56m from investors including IP Group.

Ziylo, a spinout from University of Bristol that is working on a diabetes treatment, has been acquired by Novo Nordisk for a total that could exceed $800m.

VW will invest $100m in QuantumScape and form a joint venture with the Stanford spinout to develop batteries for long-range electric vehicles.

Versant's unusual build-to-buy model has resulted in Roche acquiring a target for MS based on UCSF research and the venture firm launching a new spinout, Pipeline Therapeutics.