Q&A with Nicolas Autret, investment director, Samsung Catalyst Fund

SoftBank Vision Fund had provided $1.45bn of funding for the supply chain financier, which is reportedly preparing for insolvency.

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

WeGift has boosted its series A-plus round to $12m with a $4m investment by Commerzbank's venture capital arm.

Atlantia, Continental, Intel Capital, Klocke, NTTVC and Tokyo Century were among the investors in a round that took the air taxi developer’s overall funding to near $390m.

The Vertex Pharmaceuticals-backed genomic analytics platform developer has now raised approximately $88m in funding altogether.

Q&A with Wanja Humanes, investment manager, Swisscom Ventures

The instalment finance provider, which counts several corporates as investors, almost tripled its valuation to $31bn in the round.

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

Condé Nast and Kering joined new and returning investors to back a round valuing the fashion item resale platform in excess of $1bn.