Mastercard and Samsung Next returned for authenication technology provider Hypr's series C round while risk management software provider Archipelago raised $34m.

Post Holdings led a $25m round for vegetarian meat brand Hungry Planet while Nium and Dataiku added to nine-figure funding totals.

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

The $100m vehicle will provide up to $2.5m for first investments, backing companies developing products that can boost the video communication app developer's ecosystem.

Synthesia was co-founded by researchers at UCL, Stanford, Cambridge and TUM to build a platform that generates video content using artificial intelligence.

MaC Venture Capital has raised its inaugural seed fund thanks to limited partners including University of Michigan and Howard University.

Prosus took part in a $63m round for logistics service provider Shipper while V1 Group-backed animation platform developer Laihua raised over $25m.

Clinton Foy has left venture firm Crosscut Ventures after almost eight years to help UTA with investment and fund tactics for its corporate venture capital unit.

Sony has invested a further $200m in the Fortnite and Gears of War developer, at a $28.7bn valuation representing a 66% increase from last August.

SafeGuard Cyber has raised $45m in a Cisco-backed debt and equity round while Pine Labs has paid the same amount to buy portfolio company Fave.