UPenn, Penn Medicine and OUP all contributed to an oversubscribed series A round for UPenn spinout Interius Biotherapeutics.

The online warranty provider has attracted at least $24.9m of total funding after receiving investment from CSAA Insurance and Samsung.

Kyocera, Mitsui Fudosan and Japan Post hepled satellite technology developer Axelspace complete its series C round while PayPal is buying portfolio company Happy Returns.

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

Short-term accommodation provider Cohabs secured more than $70m in a round led by AG Real Estate, while Stampli, Impress and Tarana Wireless each raised $50m.

Human resources software provider Legion and edge cloud services provider Zenlayer each received $50m while Intel is exiting Sedona Systems in a $100m acquisition.

Appia Bio has emerged from stealth with $52m in series A financing to commercialise cancer treatments based on research at UCLA.

Bertelsmann helped crypto financial service provider Babel Finance close a $40m series A round while Blind raised $37m from investors including Cisco.

Founded at Imperial Collge London, Sprout three years ago, Sprout.ai has now secured $11m in a series A round led by Octopus Ventures.