UPS is buying delivery service Roadie having helped it raise $62m while heart disease treatment developer Nectero Medical secured $19.5m in a Boston Scientific-led round.

Toray Engineering has returned to back a $27.3m round for the surgical robot developer, investing alongside Dai-ichi Life and Medipal Innovation.

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

Stratasys spinoff Evolve Additive Solutions secured $30m from 3D Ventures while CollegeDekho - spun off by GirnarSoft - raised $26.5m.

Keio’s synthetic silk producer increased its valuation to over $1.2bn in a round led by Carlyle Japan Partners.

The semiconductor wafer maker intends to ramp up its production capacity with funding from investors including Yangtze Optical FC.

The corporate-backed synthetic silk producer increased its valuation to over $1.2bn in a round led by Carlyle Japan Partners.

Channel Talk, Segari and Borneo are all among the companies that have raised corporate venture capital, while Tepco celebrated an exit with the acquisition of Me:New.

Q&A with Jay Crone and Jon Wolkin, directors, Telus Ventures

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