University endowments have backed a dollar-denominated venture capital fund from M31 Capital, whose earlier investments include Grail.

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

Tencent-backed online gaming platform developer Roblox is in talks over an IPO or direct listing at a valuation of up to $8bn.

Warner Music Asia will provide capital for accelerator initiatives run by venture capital firm SOSV.

Microsoft unit M12 has exited game developer SuperAwesome in an acquisition of undisclosed size by Epic Games.

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Caloga-backed Sendinblue has added $160m to its coffers thanks to investors including Bpifrance and BlackRock.

4490 Ventures, a VC firm aligned to University of Wisconsin-Madison, backed a series A extension intended to advance in-venue digital marketing technology company UpShow's product and recruitment plans.

Twitter has returned to back the social media platform that provides services in 15 Indian languages, which pushed its total funding to about $264m.

Digital Garage has helped launch mobile gaming platform Playco with a $100m series A round and a valuation of more than $1bn.