Atco, Bernick’s and Toyota Ventures were among the LPs in the venture firm’s Fund III, which will concentrate on enterprise software, food and health technology developers.

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

Taikang Life Insurance, GLP and Xiamen C&D were among the investors in a series D round for the industrial supplies marketplace.

Baker Hughes, Qualcomm, Schneider Electric and Munich Re helped push the machine monitoring technology provider's valuation past $1bn.

Econos was among the LPs that have committed to the green search engine provider’s venture capital vehicle, which is set to reach a first close early next year.

HSBC Asset Management helped expand sustainability software producer MioTech's series B-plus round while quantum cybersecurity software developer QuintessenceLabs raised $18.8m in a round co-led by Telus.

Lockheed Martin-backed satellite launch vehicle developer ABL Space Systems boosted its total funding to $420m with a $200m extension to its latest round.

Alexandria Venture Investments has supported the life science technology developer in its $88.9m series C round which has pushed total funding past $142m.

Automated driving software developer Jimu Intelligent raised over $31m from investors including UMC Capital and Avic Pingshan while Lockheed Martin took part in gyroscope technology developer Anello's $28m round.

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