McCain helped meatless nugget producer Simulate secure a $250m valuation while retail technology developer Grabango raised $39m from investors including Unilever and Honeywell.

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

Tata Digital has hired CureFit’s chief executive as part of a $75m investment for the UC-RNT Fund-backed health and fitness app developer.

Amex Ventures and Citi Ventures were among the returning investors that backed the identity verification software provider in its series D round, at a $1.75bn valuation.

Xiaomi and Meituan-Dianping co-led a series D round for the lidar sensor producer, which counts Robert Bosch, ON Semiconductor and Baidu as existing backers.

An unnamed investor provided $4.8m for the SoftBank, Prosus, Rasmussen, Arctic Group and Rema-backed online grocer at a $1.2bn valuation 33% higher than its last round, in April.

Tata subsidiary Tata Digital Digital has hired CureFit’s CEO as part of a $75m investment round for the Unilever Ventures-backed health and fitness app developer.

Mayo Clinic returned to reinvest in the genomics platform developer three years after backing its series B round alongside Illumina.

Returning investor Mitsubishi has joined fellow corporates BHP Group and Freeport-McMoRan for a round that increased the copper extraction technology provider's total funding to $100m.

TusStar has participated in a series A round for smart robotics technology developer TimeRiver.