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

Azafaros, a metabolic disorder drug developer leveraging Leiden University and Amsterdam UMC inventions, has secured $28m in series A capital.

Verana Health completed a $100m round led by existing investor GV that will help it expand its clinical database platform into new areas.

The investment enabled Koito Manufacturing to lead a series C round of undisclosed size for lidar system developer Cepton, which has now secured nearly $100m in total.

Existing investor Gradient Ventures invested in a series B round that almost doubled the clinical research software provider's overall funding to $45m.

The Mastercard-backed customer service bot developer took its total funding past $50m with $7m from Napier Park Financial Partners.

Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners and Rocket Internet contributed to a $13.3m round that will help the deals-focused e-commerce company grow in the US.

Dell Technologies Capital chipped in for a $12m round that brought the cybersecurity software provider's total funding to more than $22m.

Equinor and General Electric-backed oil production software provider Ambyint will put the cash into hiring and product development.

Goods tracking platform developer ClearMetal has now received $31m in total, with SAP, Prologis, PSA International and Direct ChassisLink all backing its latest round.