Freight services portal Loadsmart has now raised more than $53m in total, having secured new funding from investors including Ports America and Maersk Growth.

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

Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Investment Management unit put up a share of the proceeds for health insurance data analytics company Leyue Health’s series B round.

The Ikea, Sumitomo and The Andersons-backed pest control product supplier has closed new funding, in a round led by Ospraie Ag Science.

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

Celgene-backed Repare Therapeutics secured $82.5m that will support the entry of its first cancer drug into clinical trials.

The app engagement software developer raised the funding in a Liberty Technology Venture Capital-led round featuring Amdocs and existing investor Axa.

University of Pennsylvania-allied CNS disease therapy developer Passage Bio lured contributions from investors including Lilly Asia Ventures, which also featured in its $116m series A earlier this year.

Cartica AI, an autonomous perception tech developer forged from Technion spinout Cortica, secured capital from OurCrowd, Continental, Toyota and BMW in what appears to be its first publicly-disclosed round.

Nkarta, which is developing cell therapy treatments for cancer, has emerged from stealth with $114m in a round featuring Novo, Amgen Ventures and SR One.