The GM-backed transport data provider has added $13.1m in a round led by existing investor DIP Capital and backed by the UK’s Future Fund.

Fujita, Industrial Growth Platform and SBI were among the investors in the automation technology developer, a spinout of University of Tokyo.

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

Novartis Venture Fund has helped seed a T-cell drug developer founded from Seattle Children's Hospital, Benaroya Research Institute and MIGAL Galilee.

Lepu Medical's immuno-oncology spinoff secured $186m in a round co-led by Ping An Capital and the Sunshine Insurance-backed Riverhead Capital.

American Electric Power and Chevron Technology Ventures were among the existing investors that helped the EV charging service boost its overall funding to $667m.

Access Industries was among the returning investors in a $75m round that brought marketing platform Yotpo’s overall funding to $176m.

M12 and Applied Ventures co-led a $35m round for Syntiant, which is working on chips for artificial intelligence-powered voice processing at the edge.

The T-cell drug developer has launched with $20m from a seed round co-led by corporate venturing unit Novartis Venture Fund.

Sinpoharm-backed joint venture Sinopharm-CICC was among the investors in a $43.2m round that boosted the antimicrobial drug developer's total funding to near $150m.