The educational game portal, a spinout of Norwegian University of Science and Technology, pulled in $28m as investors also bought $62m of secondary shares.

The Microsoft and Disney-backed educational game portal pulled in $28m as investors also bought $62m of secondary shares.

University of Cambridge stem cell differentiation spinout Bit Bio secured $41.5m from investors including Arch Venture Partners to boost its overall funding to $50m.

The Aalto University and VTT quantum computer spinout has lined up a potential series A round with an initial $16.9m contribution from EIC Accelerator.

OGCI Climate Investments led a $19.3m round for the digital freight platform operator that included existing backer Total Carbon Neutrality Ventures.

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

The retail collaboration platform developer has now raised more than $52m in total, existing backer SEB Alliance returning for a $23.9m round.

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

Søren Thinggaard Hansen, a 17 year-plus veteran of pension fund Industriens Pension, has joined Novo to launch a private equity program.

The banking management software provider has followed funding from ING in 2018 with $11.4m from Nordea and Crédit Agricole CIB.