Mediaset-backed online florist Colvin has now raised about $29m altogether, $15.7m of which has been supplied in its latest round.

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

Tencent has reportedly committed to a series C round set to triple grocery delivery platform Xingsheng Youxuan's valuation to $3bn.

The BCC, Naspers and Tencent-backed online education provider has reportedly pushed its valuation to $10.5bn following a sub-$100m investment from Bond.

The pharmaceutical company co-led a series C round for AAV gene therapy developer Freeline that took its total funding to $275m.

UCLA has been named as the first university partner of an academic collaboration bridge backed by Evotec, Samsara BioCapital and KCK.

The genomic diagnostics product developer secured $16.2m in a round led by Heda's healthcare investment arm, adding to a $9m series A in 2017.

Microsoft's M12 unit and CreditEase Israel Innovation Fund returned for a series C round that took the container coding platform developer's overall funding to $42m.

Wuxi AppTec and Pfizer have both contributed as the Yale University-founded cancer drug developer prepares for clinical testing next year.

The hospitality data software provider received series B cash from Providence Strategic Growth to add to earlier funding from backers including Comcast and Amazon.