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

Conversational automation software provider raised $400m while e-commerce and payment software provider Flutterwave secured $250m in a Salesforce-backed round valuing it at $3bn.

Q&A with Andrea Birolo, head of corporate venture capital, Reale Group

Softbank Vision Fund 2 co-led academic support software producer Paper's $270m series D round and a $144m round for online lender Funding Societies.

GV returned to reinvest in the customisable home developer’s series C round, taking its overall equity funding to $148m.

Sector report: services

Lockscreen content provider Glance is raising $200m from Jio Platforms at a unicorn valuation while Sobot, Smart Logic and Akulaku each secured $100m.

Fujifilm, Tokyu and Persol’s newly formed investment vehicles will help their respective corporate parents expand their open innovation roadmaps.

DMG Ventures contributed to a $50m round for online stationery brand Papier while Hannover Digital Investments helped cross-border payment service Vitesse secure $26m.

The staff management software provider's SoftBank-led series C round marks the latest data point in the ongoing digitisation of the restaurant space.