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

UCL spinout Ori Biotech has raised more than $100m in a series B round led by Novalis LifeSciences, just over a year after closing a $30m series A round.

Volkswagen Group invested a nine-figure amount in 24M Technologies while SoftBank participated in a $100m series C round for Pixis.

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

Ocado and Virgin have returned to back the autonomous driving system provider, joining Microsoft to push its funding to $258m in total.

Bank of Montreal provided debt and equity financing for industrial product marketplace Inxeption, which raised $275m, while smart home product maker Orvibo received $158m.

Car leasing service Dishangtie Car Rental completed a $200m series D round featuring Ingka while crypto-asset software producer Lukka raised cash in a corporate-backed round valuing it at $1.3bn.

The corporate's ongoing Latin American portfolio has grown after it led pet product retailer Laika's $48m series B round and a $40m round for rural finance provider TerraMagna.

SoftBank led 5G chip developer Eigencomm's $157m series C round while smart bank Seba Bank raised $120m in its own series C, which included Alameda Research.

Synthetic DNA producer DNA Script and personalised health plan provider Transcarent each closed $200m corporate-backed series C rounds.