The spinout has revealed it added approximately $6m to a series A round backed by University of Pennsylvania and IP Group last year, bringing its total size to about $59m.

The company has revealed it added approximately $6m to a series A round co-led by AbbVie Ventures last year, bringing its total size to about $59m.

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

BlueDot, a disease containment technology spinout set up by St Michael’s Hospital and Mars Innovation, has secured series A capital.

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

SIG, CM Group, Consensys Ventures and Akuna Capital all contributed to an $18.3m round for the cryptocurrency-based lending platform.

The Shanghai Electric and CRRC-backed EV manufacturer has increased its valuation to more than $1bn with a $51.5m investment from Jinhua Zhongche Fund.

The consumer brand software provider closed its Novel TMT-backed series A round at $18m with a $10m extension that boosted its total funding to $23m.

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

Massachusetts Mutual Life was among the participants in the $32.5m round, which will help the online business lending service expand its presence in Southeast Asia.