Congruent Ventures-backed Span has collected $20m in fresh financing from a consortium led by Munich Re Ventures’ HSB Fund.

Four of the incubator’s portfolio companies will pitch to investors at the GCV Digital Forum 3.0 following the success of similar competitions at our previous events.

Today’s deal net round ups the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem that have occurred over the holiday period.

Concordia University has helped venture capital firm Cycle Capital reach the final close of its latest cleantech-focused fund.

UC Berkeley-founded emissions measurement provider Aclima has raised cash in a round that included Splunk, RBVC and Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund.

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

MIT has put $35m into The Engine's second fund – up from its $25m commitment to the first fund – and has been joined by Harvard as a new LP.

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

Shanghai Jiao Tong University is among the limited partners in a $73m fund raised by Qiming spinoff Inspiration Capital.

VTT spinout Solar Foods, developer of a method of creating protein from air, has increased a series A round led by strategic partner Fazer Group to $20.7m.