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

Transcarent has raised $58m from Bayer and Merck, while Nvidia has bought DeepMap, one of its portfolio companies also backed by Bosch.

The alcoholic beverage distributor's Country Garden-led series A round took its overall funding close to $157m.

Blockchain game developer Mythical Games pulled in $75m while enterprise software developer Morning Consult reached a unicorn valuation in an Advance Venture Partners-led round.

Aurora and Uber are among the investors in the first publicly disclosed round for the self-driving software developer, which has raised $83.5m.

Financial advice service Credit Sesame pushed its overall funding past $160m while small molecule drug developer Genhouse and AI technology developer Gideon Brothers each raised $31m.

McCain helped meatless nugget producer Simulate secure a $250m valuation while retail technology developer Grabango raised $39m from investors including Unilever and Honeywell.

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

TusStar has participated in a series A round for smart robotics technology developer TimeRiver.

SoftBank is set to exit smart scheduling software developer X.ai as its Vision Fund 2 invests in artificial intelligence technology unicorn AInnovation.