Comcast Ventures and Amdocs returned for the connected lighting system developer's series C round having backed a $12m round in April.

Tencent returned for the industrial supplies and services marketplace's latest round having led its $160m series D last year.

MIT has put $35m into The Engine's second fund – up from its $25m commitment to the first fund – and has been joined by Harvard as a new LP.

The bioremediation technology startup is the first company to be launched through MIT spinout Ginkgo Bioworks' $350m Ferment Consortium.

University of Buffalo's Innovation Hub has joined forces with a state government initiative to invest $10m in early-stage technologies.

Skye Henderson has taken an investment manager role at Cowles' corporate venturing arm, which has so far put $85m into local companies.

The bioremediation technology startup is the first company to be launched through Ginkgo Bioworks' $350m Ferment Consortium.

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

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

TUM-affiliated UVC Partners has raised a third fund from limited partners including Lanxess to invest in industrial technologies, business-to-business software and mobility.