Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

Affirm spinoff Resolve raised $60m from investors including its parent company, while sales and marketing software provider Qualified secured $51m in a Salesforce-backed round.

Exor-backed card issuing technology provider Lithic raised $43m while Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance is providing $36m to lead Upstream Security's series C round.

BioTheryX, Immuta and Pitch are among the companies that have raised fresh capital from corporates such as Intel Capital, Slack Fund, Citi Ventures and Dell Technologies Capital.

Axa Venture Partners has helped put $60m into Virtuo, while Super collected $50m and Salto picked up $42m.

Checkout.com-backed Thunes has added $60m to its coffers, while Desktop Metal purchased Adaptive3D less than a year after Arkema invested.

Nexa3D has confirmed $55m in funding across several rounds, while BukuKas has added $50m to its coffers and both Label Insights and Mya Systems have been acquired.

Vark and Willbox have both raised funding, while Cisco has decided to buy Kenna Security and Guru Capital has purchased Oval Money.

DG Daiwa Ventures has led a $6.4m round for the construction equipment rental platform, featuring returning investor GMO VenturePartners and new backers including Saison Ventures.

Kyocera, Mitsui Fudosan and Japan Post hepled satellite technology developer Axelspace complete its series C round while PayPal is buying portfolio company Happy Returns.