Disney, A&E Networks and WPP-backed Vice Media has secured new funding in lieu of an anticipated reverse merger.

Koch Industries is among the investors backing the autonomous short-haul provider as hits more than $114m in total funding.

Ventura Capital has led the round for the Imperial College London-founded rapid covid-19 test kit maker, which will use the funding to expand internationally.

UC Investments and the House Fund have invested in the data analytics software producer, which has been valued at $38bn in its series H round.

Amazon Web Services, CapitalG, Salesforce Ventures and Microsoft had previously invested in the data analytics software producer, which has been valued at $38bn in its series H round.

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

The Ethereum scaling technology developer raised two rounds this year, having spun out of Princeton in 2018.

The Ethereum scaling technology developer raised two rounds this year as it prepares to move its platform out of beta.

SoftBank has thrown its weight behind the business intelligence software producer, which has now raised $119m altogether.

Genomics care provider Genome Medical closed a $60m round backed by several corporates while brokerage software producer Alpaca secured $50m.