Alexandria Venture Investments has helped UW's genetic sequencing technology developer TwinStand raise series A financing.

Existing investor Alexandria Venture Investments has helped genetic sequencing technology developer TwinStand increase its overall funding to $21.5m.

University of Auckland Inventors Fund has contributed to a $40m series B round for AI-based avatar developer Soul Machines, with the investment led by Temasek.

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

The bite-sized video streaming platform, which counts a host of corporates among its investors, has revealed $400m in funding along with its launch date.

The colectomy-focused robotic surgical device developer has now assembled $51.7m having spun out from University of Nebraska Medical Center in 2006.

Inserm Transfer Initiative featured in the first round for VectivBio, a short bowel syndrome treatment developer spun out of Therachon following the latter's acquisition by Pfizer.

The GV-backed fitness and wellness subscription service secured a unicorn valuation in a round that lifted its overall funding to $540m.

The educational app developer, which counts Tencent, Naspers and BCC among its investors, raised the money at a valuation of about $8bn.

Novo took part in the first round for VectivBio, a short bowel syndrome treatment developer launched out of genetic disease drug developer Therachon.