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

BHP Ventures is co-leading the steel manufacturing technology developer's series B round, which has a $60m target for its close.

UC-backed Congruent Ventures has contributed to a $55m round that will support the recycling robot maker's expansion plans.

GV and Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners contributed to a $55m round that will support the recycling robot maker's expansion plans.

Boston Metal is most of the way to a $60m target for its latest round, thanks to a consortium that included returning backer The Engine.

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

The service robot technology developer has raised a fresh funding round sized at hundreds of millions of yuan, which came nine months after its $28.6m series B round.

Today’s deal net round ups the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem that have occurred over the holiday period.

Meituan Dianping and New Hope Group have both thrown their backing behind a round topping $100m for production automation robot developer Flexiv.

Investors have thrown their backing behind a round topping $100m for Stanford-linked production automation robot developer Flexiv.