Asia-facing loan and insurance comparison service GoBear has now assembled $97m altogether, having lured existing investor Aegon to its latest round.

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

University of Minnesota has invested in UBC spinout AbCellera's series B round that also included Eli Lilly.

A year after collecting $200m in series A funding, BGI gene sequencing spinoff MGI Tech has closed a $1bn series B round co-led by IDG Capital and CPE Capital.

The Alphabet-backed spacecraft provider has shot past its $250m target to raise $346m in a round expected to value it at $36bn.

Eli Lilly invested in AbCellera's series B round shortly after agreeing a research and collaboration licensing deal with the drug discovery technology provider.

Axovant's seizure treatment spinoff has closed its series A round having received more than $133m in equity funding and $74.5m in project financing.

MIT's fusion energy spinout Commonwealth Fusion Systems secured the return of The Engine and Eni for a $84m series A2 round that followed a $115m series A last year.

Equinor and Eni Next contributed to an $84m round for nuclear fusion technology startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems following a $115m series A last year.

Salesforce Ventures, Swisscom Ventures and returning investor GV helped the computer vision technology provider take its total funding past $120m.