The reinsurance provider's corporate venturing arm is bolstering its portfolio development activities alongside the launch of its latest fund.

SoftBank led a series D round which enabled the employee benefits software provider achieve unicorn status.

Mobiliar took part in a $35m round for medicine transportation system developer SkyCell while Nice Investment co-led wealth management software provider Fount's $33.4m series C.

SoftBank is set to achieve an exit as the warehousing robotics technology developer prepares to go public in Oslo on October 20.

JLL came back to reinvest in the land development software developer through a $57.2m round which will fund international expansion.

University of Manchester’s Innovation Factory has celebrated its best financial year to date.

Corporate-backed cloud networking software provider Pluribus pushed its total funding to at least $110m while IAG has exited Hyper Anna in an acquisition by Alteryx.

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

Andreas und Thomas Strüngmann, two of Germany’s richest investors, have committed $29m to help expand TU Munich’s tech transfer operation.

The Earlybird Uni-X Fund will support early-stage spinouts originating from European institutions such as RWTH Aachen and Imperial College London.