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

Q&A with Iliana Portugues, head of UK disruptive innovation, National Grid Partners

University of Tokyo Innovation Platform has led a $15.3m funding round for VividQ, while the institution’s Edge Capital increased its capital commitment.

SBCVC helped supply $46.5m for smart industrial software developer Ones while e-commerce marketplace aggregator 10club raised $40m in a PDC and HeyDay-backed seed round.

Staff, students and alumni at London School of Economics are set to benefit from Houghton Street Ventures, which will back seed and series A rounds.

Schunk has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Fraunhofer spinout Pulsar Photonics, which produces ultrashort-pulse laser technology.

EPFL spinout Bestmile is winding down, citing pandemic-related challenges and a failed attempt at getting acquired.

Bharti Enterprises’ stake in satellite broadband system developer OneWeb will increase to 38.6% after it agreed a $500m capital injection this week.

The fleet management technology provider is winding down following some $33m in funding from investors including Airbus Ventures and Groupe ADP.

Mediaset has exited the sports clothing retailer in a majority share acquisition by JD Sports following just over $9m in venture funding.