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

The DNA printing technology received backing from investors including Merck Group, Illumina, Danaher and Agilent to hike its total funding to $280m.

Econos was among the LPs that have committed to the green search engine provider’s venture capital vehicle, which is set to reach a first close early next year.

SoftBank helped the e-scooter rental service complete the first tranche of a series D round that took its overall funding to $660m.

Takeda Ventures was among the participants in a $46.5m round closed nearly a year after its parent company launched a partnership with the immunotherapy developer.

Online insurance provider Justos raised $35.8m in a SoftBank-led series A round while social game studio GreenPark Sports closed a $31m series B that included Alameda Research.

Tencent and Klarna backed the business-facing buy now, pay later service at a $640m valuation, pushing its overall funding past $150m.

VTB has led the Prof-Media-backed video streaming service’s new round, which brought its overall funding to $434.7m.

Automated driving software developer Jimu Intelligent raised over $31m from investors including UMC Capital and Avic Pingshan while Lockheed Martin took part in gyroscope technology developer Anello's $28m round.

The collaborative learning platform developer raised the cash in a round co-led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 that will be boost hiring and research and development.