Constuction materials marketplace RenoRun's $142m Schneider Electric-backed series B round headed up some large rounds for Canadian companies also including League and Ekona Power.

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

University of California, Berkeley’s accelerator has chosen Milan for its expansion into Europe and will invest in those startups through the SkyDeck Europe Fund.

Prosus Ventures invested in the e-commerce finance provider at a $1.6bn valuation, increasing its overall funding to over $236m.

Randstad and Nationale-Nederlanden took part in the workplace analytics platform developer's latest round - both as existing investors, Crunchr confimed.

Solana and Jump Trading helped crypto wallet developer Phantom secure $109m while HR software provider Gupy netted $93.1m in a round co-led by SoftBank.

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

CSAA-backed digital home insurer Kin Insurance has backed out of a reverse merger while The Sandbox has committed $50m to a metaverse startup accelerator.

Hitachi's corporate venturing unit is lining up its next fund months after launching its sophomore vehicle, according to Stefan Gabriel.

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