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

The banking software producer has received $187m of series C capital from investors including Nationwide, Ping An and Westpac at a reported $700m valuation.

German Media Pool was among the participants in a $44.2m round that will fund the building of the cannabinoid product developer's production and research facility.

Gene therapy startup VectorY has raised more than $37m in an Eli Lilly-backed seed round while AR helmet developer XYZ Reality pulled in over $28m.

American Airlines, Avolon, Honeywell, Rolls-Royce, 40 North and M12 have contributed to a private placement backing the transaction.

Morningside Venture Investments has led a series B round for the fibrotic diseases-focused spinout that advances University of Strasbourg research.

Prof Bernd Bickel will be the inaugural vice-president for technology transfer at IST Austria as part of a wider management reshuffle.

Deeptech Labs, an incubator backed by Cambridge Innovation Capital, has announced its inaugural cohort of five startups that have each received $485,000.

The cybersecurity training platform developer has now raised a total of $123m as of the close of a Citi Ventures-backed round.

Online vehicle retailer Motorway, restaurant ordering software provider Popmenu and meat and fish e-commerce platform Licious have all raised between $65m and $68m.