Cox Enterprises invested in digital media company Axios at a $430m valuation while Bristol Myers Squibb helped enzyme drug developer Nitrase Therapeutics boost its series A round to $45m.

Corporate-backed financial remittance network operator Lightnet netted over $48m while Callaway Golf Company invested $30m in indoor golfing chain Five Iron Golf.

Cell therapy developer Hopstem completed a $40m Eli Lilly-backed series B round while cybersecurity technology developer SlashNext secured $26m from investors including Telia and Ayala Group.

Cybersecurity software developer Sonrai Security, small business insurance provider Coterie and fashion brand Love, Bonito each raised $50m in corporate-backed rounds.

Voltage regulator producer Empower closed a $45m round featuring Samsung Catalyst Fund while Swisscom and Six-backed spend management software provider Yokoy raised $26m.

HSBC Asset Management helped expand sustainability software producer MioTech's series B-plus round while quantum cybersecurity software developer QuintessenceLabs raised $18.8m in a round co-led by Telus.

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

MS&AD Ventures and Mouro Capital helped privacy management technology provider Skyflow secure $45m while neurotherapeutics developer Cecerin revealed $40m from investors including Nestlé.

Service robot manufacturer Uditech completed a $31.1m Guanda and 58.com-backed round while Mayo Clinic co-led privacy technology developer TripleBlind's $24m series A round.

Corporate-backed communications monetisation technology developer Matrixx Software raised $50m from Francisco Partners while cancer drug developer Abalos took the same in a BIVF-backed round.