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

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

Cambridge's Speechmatics has collected fresh funding from AlbionVC, IQ Capital Partners and business angels to take forward its growth strategy.

Strategic partner 3SBio and Alexandria Venture Investments have both contributed to a $50m round raised by Verseau that was disclosed as it emerged from stealth.

M Ventures participated in a $28m round completed by Plexium, which is working on small molecule drugs to treat cancer or neurodegenerative diseases.

The global positioning technology producer, which was co-founded by Alibaba and Norinco, secured the cash at a $1.84bn valuation.

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

Mitsubishi Electric, Hyundai, Toyota AI Ventures and Omron Ventures all contributed to an $11.7m round that will fund an increase in the Duke spinout's headcount.

ArsenalBio has picked up $85m in funding to commercialise immunotherapy engineering research resulting from a collaboration that includes PICI and UCSF.

Mitsubishi Electric, Hyundai, Toyota AI Ventures and Omron Ventures all contributed to an $11.7m round that will fund an increase in the robotics technology developer's headcount.