Cybersecurity technology producer Salt Security nabbed $140m in a CapitalG-led round while healthcare unicorn Thirty Madison merged with Comcast-backed Nurx.

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

Harvard’s serial entrepreneur Timothy Springer has formally launched his latest venture with a $101m series A round backed by GV.

Data analytics platform developer Starburst raised $250m in a Salesforce-backed round valuing it above $3.3bn while SoftBank co-led a $140m round for small molecule drug developer Ventus.

Alphabet’s GV subsidiary was among the participants in the immunology drug development platform’s first publicly disclosed round.

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

Prosus Ventures co-led a round for the online share trading service, one of a wave of startups bringing investment tools to emerging markets.

Digital bank operator Tonik Financial raised $131m in a Mizuho Bank-led round while e-commerce software provider Shopware secured $100m from PayPal and Carlyle.

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

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led a $300m round for business-to-business marketplace ElasticRun and co-led blockchain creation platform developer Aleo's $200m series B.