M12 helped cybersecurity software producer Hunters raise $30m while Scor and Transamerica are set to exit patient monitoring software developer 100Plus.

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

American Express Ventures will get the chance to sell shares in the eyewear retail brand, valued at $3bn as of a year ago, through the listing.

Baidu's smart voice technology spinoff received an undisclosed amount of series B funding, hiking its valuation 75% in nine months.

TXOne Nertworks has added $12.9m to its coffers, while C3 has pushed its series B round to $90m thanks to a $10m extension.

M12 backed three deals in recent days, including a $50m series D round for Split.io that also featured fellow corporates Atlassian and ServiceNow.

SoftBank Ventures Asia and Kakao Ventures have joined a series D round that values the hyperlocal second-hand goods marketplace at $2.7bn.

PatPat has secured SoftBank Vision Fund 2 as an investor shortly after the company earlier picked up funding from investors including SIG.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 was among the investors in the tailor-made item platform operator’s latest round, which took its valuation past the $1bn threshold.

Ventricular assistance system developer CH Biomedical closed a Baheal-backed series D round while peer-to-peer lending platform Alami secured $17.5m in a round led by EV Growth.