Reese Schroeder and Tom Mastrobuoni are reportedly looking to leave due to the unit's imminent move from Chicago to Arkansas.

UMI has become a LP in Yissum's $7m Racah Nano Venture Fund as part of an alliance aimed at bringing advanced materials and nanotechnology applications to the Japan.

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

CoMotion has closed its VR and AR-focused incubator and scrapped access for non-UW innovators to its MakerSpace fabrication and hardware hub.

Tyson Foods' corporate venturing unit has contributed to foodtech-focused Big Idea Ventures' New Protein Fund, which is aiming for $50m to $75m.

Cemex Ventures has set a trajectory to Chinese dealmaking in partnership with local construction industry services firm Glodon and venture capital firm Interdream Ventures.

Construction equipment rental service and software provider EquipmentShare is in discussions for a SoftBank-led round at a possible $1.5bn valuation.

Solvay Ventures is set to exit prototyping software developer MultiMechanics after Siemens agreed to buy the company in a deal of undisclosed size.

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

Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners has made its first ever investment by backing a series A round for waste recycling robot company AMP Robotics.