Cybersecurity technology producer Salt Security nabbed $140m in a CapitalG-led round while healthcare unicorn Thirty Madison merged with Comcast-backed Nurx.

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

Scandit has welcomed back shareholders including GV, Schneider Electric, Sony and Swisscom for a round that made the ETH Zurich spinout a unicorn.

Digital bank operator Tonik Financial raised $131m in a Mizuho Bank-led round while e-commerce software provider Shopware secured $100m from PayPal and Carlyle.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led a $300m round for business-to-business marketplace ElasticRun and co-led blockchain creation platform developer Aleo's $200m series B.

SoftBank Vision Fund 1 and Shopify both invested in the shipping management service's first round in three years, more than doubling its valuation to $8bn.

Academia-industry collaboration platform In-Part has been acquired by Inova, which is looking to consolidate its position in the biopharmaceutical partnering space.

Financial services provider Tribal raised $60m in a SoftBank-led series B round while Credit Saison invested $30m in a round for peer-to-peer lender Julo sized at up to $60m.

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

Intel and Alibaba-backed database software producer MariaDB agreed a $672m reverse merger while predictive analytics provider Pecan AI was one of three GV investments.