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

Innoport, PSA Unboxed and KSL Maritime Ventures are among the partners in a government-backed scheme to boost maritime technology in Singapore.

Comture, Eneos Innovation Partners, Globis Capital Partners, Itochu Technology Ventures, Kashiwabara and Taiho all backed the drone technology provider’s $20.4m round.

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

Returning investor Toyota AI Ventures chipped in as smart manufacturing technology producer Elementary Robotics closed a $12.7m round.

Rabobank was among the investors as the crop protection technology developer publicly launched having raised a total of $66m since inception.

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

1868 Ventures will fund agriculture, lawncare and sustainable packaging technology developers, providing up to $2.5m for a first investment.

Up Optotech-backed laser-diode chip foundry Everbright Photonics secured $21.2m in a round led by brokerage Huatai Securities.

Chinese Academy of Sciences-backed laser-diode chip foundry Everbright Photonics has now raised $63.3m since it was founded in 2012.