Unilever Ventures was among the investors in a $14.9m round for Pureplay Skin Sciences, the owner of vegan-friendly beauty and skincare brand Plum.

Investors have doubled down on the Sony-backed digital banking platform developer, helping it boost its total funding to about $38m.

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

Empower Education Online has pulled in $265m through a round that included Tencent and SIG, its earlier backers including New Oriental, TAL Education Group and ATA.

The community buying service has raised money for the fourth time this year, this time in a series C3 round co-led by existing backer Alibaba.

Burda Principal Investments was among the participants in a series C round for the Chinese-focused food and groceries delivery service.

Vastai Technologies, a developer of artificial intelligence-focused system-on-chip technnology, has disclosed a series A round co-led by Kuaishou.

Siemens-backed software tracing platform developer Logz.io pulled in cash through a Pitango Growth-led round to bring its overall funding above $120m.

The Codexis-backed SynBio Innovation Accelerator will target early-stage biotech developers and has made Arzeda its first portfolio company.

Heat regulation material developer Carbice picked up capital from Toyota AI Ventures and Downing Ventures that will support recruitment.