Drug protein discovery company Bright Peak hopes to deliver conjugated cancer immunotherapies based on an ETH Zürich-invented platform.

Co-founded by faculty from Columbia University and University of Melbourne, Praxis Precision Medicines targets CNS disorders.

GPI Capital and JPMorgan Chase have injected $150m into Pharmapacks, whose backers already include Reckitt Benckiser, McKesson, Sealed Air and Emerson Group.

Novo Holdings returned for a $110m series C1 round for Praxis Precision Medicines, four months after the gene therapy developer emerged from stealth with $100m in funding.

Danaher Life Sciences and Agilent Technology joined existing backers Merck Group and Illumina for a $50m series B extension that increased the round’s total to nearly $89m.

Alibaba-backed e-commerce company Nice Tuan has raised its third funding round this year, adding $80m to its coffers that now contain almost $300m in total.

Next47 and Lufthansa Cargo were among the investors as air freight booking service Cargo.one looks to pounce on favourable market conditions in the current economic climate.

SmartX, a data storage virtualisation business that counts Samsung and Lenovo as shareholders, has announced series B-plus and C funding to expand its product offering.

YJ Capital and East Ventures’ joint accelerator scheme has opened the application period for a new batch of innovative startups.

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