Lactips, a milk-based bioplastics spinout of Jean Monnet University formed by Pulsalys, has raised $14.5m in a funding round led by Bpifrance.

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

The Arm-backed Hopu-Arm Innovation Fund led a series C1 round for the autonmous driving software developer, whose existing backers include Baidu Ventures.

The oil and metals producer’s accelerator program has announced five startups for its second edition and hosted the demo day online.

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

Tsinghua-founded autonomous driving software company Idriverplus has secured Hopu-Arm Innovation Fund for its series C1 round.

Asia-facing loan and insurance comparison service GoBear has now assembled $97m altogether, having lured existing investor Aegon to its latest round.

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

Huaxi Group vehicle V-Capital contributed to an eight-figure round for SF Express-backed logistics robot technology developer Galaxis Technology.

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