Tyson Foods has thrown its weight behind Harvard spinout Soft Robotics to bring the series B total to $33m.

4490 Ventures has reinvested in Trainual, participating in a $27m series B round a year and a half after having co-led the series A.

University of Tokyo Innovation Platform has led a $15.3m funding round for VividQ, while the institution’s Edge Capital increased its capital commitment.

The GV-backed medical supplies distribution service received the money from new and returning investors at a $2.75bn valuation.

The corporate-backed AI software producer has reportedly hiked its valuation close to $6bn in a round co-led by Altimeter Capital and Tiger Global.

Existing investor JLL Spark backed electric motor producer Turntide Technologies in a convertible note round which took its overall funding to $400m.

The Comerica Bank-backed conversational intelligence technology developer backed secured series C capital to take its total funding to $315m.

The Sumitomo-backed online logistics marketplace has reached another close of its series D1 round, the second tranche being led by Citic Capital.

SBCVC helped supply $46.5m for smart industrial software developer Ones while e-commerce marketplace aggregator 10club raised $40m in a PDC and HeyDay-backed seed round.

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