Blood test provider Lumos Diagnostics secured $17.9m and aims to go public in a 2021 IPO that would provide an exit for series A lead investor Planet Innovation.

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

HPE joined existing investors CapitalG and Broadridge in a round that hiked the no-code app software developer's valuation to the $2bn mark.

The customer support and phone contact platform developer increased its valuation to $1.2bn in a GV-backed round that took its total funding to $220m.

University of Florida's $1m seed fund backed four university spinouts in its inaugural year in sectors including industrial and healthcare.

JPMorgan Chase, Citi, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank all reinvested in AccessFintech, creator of a financial data exchange.

The series D round included Digital Garage and reportedly valued the food distribution platform between $400m and $500m.

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

The second-hand vehicle marketplace achieved the valuation in a round co-led by SoftBank that pushed its overall funding to $400m.

The cybersecurity platform developer has followed an investment by Salesforce in June with $150m in new funding at a valuation topping $9bn.