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

Alphabet subsidiary Sidewalk Labs and Ikea franchisee Ingka were among the participants in flexible furniture provider Ori's series B round.

MIT-founded robotic interior design developer Ori found support from Sidewalk Labs and Ingka Group as it looks to deliver full robotic interiors in partnership with architects and property developers.

Sales team-focused voice analytics software developer Cogito, an MIT spinout, attracted investors including Salesforce, New York Life and Goldman Sachs to bring its overall total to $100m.

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

Existing shareholder KCK invested $25m to lead a $52m first tranche of the automotive e-commerce platform's latest round, which reportedly has a $100m target for its close.

ByteDance has revealed it bought online information portal Baike just two weeks after it bought a 22.2% stake in the company.

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Altria-backed e-cigarette brand Juul has added $460m to a convertible note round it plans to close at $800m according to a securities filing.

Qualcomm, NCSoft and Kin Yat Holdings-backed battle robot developer Reach Robotics is closing down according to a statement by its co-founder.