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

Midea participated in a round for the speech processing technology provider, whose backers also include Tsinghua University's TusPark Ventures.

Stanford-StartX Fund-backed PicnicHealth has now secured at least $37m in funding altogether after disclosing series A and B funding.

ETH Zurich-founded carbon capture system producer Climeworks has added $35m to its latest round to fund further business growth.

PayPal Ventures and the BBVA-backed Propel Venture Partners are contributing to a two-tranche round that will lift the online bank's total funding to $414m.

Existing investors KKR and TPG provided the funding for the Emtek-backed online property portal, which withdrew from a planned IPO late last year.

CAA and UTA-backed artist support service Patreon is valued at $1.2bn following a round that brought its overall funding to $257m.

An unnamed strategic investor has contributed to the Johnson & Johnson-backed medical device producer's latest round.

Midea participated in a nine-figure renminbi round for the speech processing technology provider, which had previously raised at least $180m.

NewSpring Growth led a $38.5m round for the second-hand fashion marketplace that follows a strategic investment by Neiman Marcus last year.