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

Liberty Global is among the STX Entertainment investors that will provide $125m for its merger with publicly-listed Eros International.

The Digital Garage-backed real estate listings portal bumped its latest round up to $80m with a $30m investment helmed by General Atlantic.

Grand Pharmaceutical invested $5.6m in Cloudbreak through a licensing agreement, as part of a $25.4m round for the ocular disorder therapy developer.

The educational app developer raised the money as part of a wider round it is reportedly looking to close at between $100m and $150m.

Cash Capital provided up to $42.4m for the iris recognition technology developer, following a Gree Electric investment in September.

Osaka-founded Kringle has increased its round to $15.5m thanks to investors including OUVC in order to fund development of its rare disease treatments.

MicroPort Scientific's cardiovascular technology spinoff secured $130m at a $1.1bn valuation, with the cash to fund R&D, manufacturing and market growth.

Xiaomi is the second largest shareholder in Kingsoft's cloud services spinoff, which has filed to raise up to $100m on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

Undisclosed backers have supplied series C funding for the SoftBank and Line-backed business finance provider, which has now raised more than $72m in total.