Visa is among the investors that will exit the marketing data software developer in an acquisition by Cardlytics that follows $13m in funding.

Cushman & Wakefield, JLL, DivcoWest and Allegion have all participated in the latest funding round for the landlord communication platform developer.

Prosus took part in a $63m round for logistics service provider Shipper while V1 Group-backed animation platform developer Laihua raised over $25m.

The Kaplan-backed employee development platform operator was valued at $1.4bn in a series D round that pushed its overall equity funding near the $300m mark.

Asahi Kasei Ventures took part in a $70m round for food waste technology provider Hazel Technologies while Zoll Medical Corporation bought portfolio company Respicardia.

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

The insurer has made an initial $137m commitment to its newly formed Phoenix Venture Capital Partners unit, which will back ESG-minded entrepreneurs in the UK.

SafeGuard Cyber has raised $45m in a Cisco-backed debt and equity round while Pine Labs has paid the same amount to buy portfolio company Fave.

AVP Growth Fund II has secured half of its targeted close and will back early to late growth-stage developers of fintech, healthtech, insurtech and enterprise software.

Orbia Ventures led a round for the battery production technology provider that emerged out of Worcester Polytechnic Institute.