The industrial cutting equipment maker has formed a unit called Hypertherm Ventures that will invest in advanced manufacturing and adjacent technologies.

Microsoft-backed automated drone provider Airobotics took its total funding past the $100m mark with a round led by Singapore's Pavilion Capital.

VTT Ventures has supported a $13.7m series A round for the institute's spinout Dispelix, which is working on see-through displays.

Oxford University Innovation has released its quarterly figures that reveal more than 89% of external investments in its spinouts occurred in August.

SoftBank Vision Fund has invested $1.1bn in dynamic glass producer View, whose investors already include GE and Corning, taking its total funding past $1.8bn.

Idea Fund has provided seed capital for SciArt Software, a spinout of Wisconsin-Madison that has developed a weight reduction tool for engineering structures.

Mitsubishi Estate and Koei Tecmo have backed a $50m series D for space junk removal service Astroscale that almost doubled its total funding to $102m.

Leiden University has backed a series A round co-led by Evonik and VisVires New Protein.

After four years leading Driscoll's agtech corporate venturing investments, Nolan Paul will now oversee Yamaha Motor Ventures' agricultural robotics and data activities.

Dentsu Ventures participated as a new investor, as food safety technology developer Clear Labs closed a series B2 round that took its funding to $45m in total.