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

Holiday rental property marketplace Vacasa will get a Nasdaq listing from the deal, which follows $527m in funding from investors including Assurant.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 has led a round that took the Salesforce Ventures-backed online classroom tool provider's overall funding to more than $160m.

CapitalG sold $36.3m of shares in an upsized offering for the language learning app developer, which saw its shares rise 36% on their first day.

The Beenos, Toyota Tsusho and Digital Garage-backed second-hand car marketplace has secured the first portion of a $200m round at a reported $1.2bn valuation.

Roc Nation's Arrive unit participated in a debt and equity round that boosted the home rental-to-mortgage service provider's total financing to $182m.

Construction design software producer Nemetschek has hired Tanja Kufner to be its focal point for innovation.

SAP.io took part in email software provider Sedna's $34m series B round while Byju's picked up BCC-backed learning app developer Toppr in a deal reportedly sized at about $150m.

Q&A with Steve Deutsch, investment principal, Motorola Solutions Venture Capital

The REA Group-backed real estate marketplace is set to carry out a reverse takeover at a $1.35bn valuation almost two years after it withdrew its attempt to float in Australia.