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

SoftBank Innovation Fund helped the business lending platform increase its total funding to more than $140m as it looks to expand its services.

Impulse Dynamics, the developer of an implant for heart failure treatment, has collected $80.3m from investors including Zoll Medical, Abiomed and Minth Group.

Salesforce Ventures took part in a $75m series D1 round for sales optimisation platform Highspot that carried its overall funding to the $200m mark.

Cisco Investments returned to reinvest in the sales analysis platform developer in a round that almost doubled its overall funding.

The retail AI technology developer received the capital in a SoftBank-led series A round that included Toyo Kanetsu Corporate Venture Investment Partnership.

Half a dozen startups will make up the 11th batch of staffing services firm DIP's 12-week AI.Accelerator initiative.

The short-form video platform is raising $3bn in a round set to include $2bn from Tencent, which will boost its stake to nearly 20%.

The DMGT-backed online used car retailer increased its overall funding to more than $100m in the space of a year, raising $32.2m as it officially launched its service.

The e-commerce credit provider closed a $90m round co-led by the Naver-backed Asia Growth Fund that included Telkomsel Indonesia and Singtel, at a $500m valuation.