Allied Minds chairman Harry Rein is giving in to pressure from Crystal Amber and announced he will not stand for re-election.

Anne Di Sante is taking over permanently as executive director of MSU Technologies following the departure of her former boss Richard Chylla.

Parag Chitnis has been hired as University of Wyoming’s vice-president for research and economic development, joining from the US Department of Agriculture.

Erienne Olesh has stepped up to serve as executive director of student and faculty innovation at West Virginia University.

Several corporates helped hydrogen refuelling service H2 Mobility Deutschland collect $122m while enterprise optimisation software developer Skan.ai closed a $40m Dell-led series B round

Q&A with Josh Lumer, principal, Allstate Strategic Ventures

FTX Ventures, Uniswap, Coinbase Ventures and PayPal Ventures helped boost the blockchain technology developer’s valuation to $1bn.

GV, Optum, Children’s Medical Center Corporation and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts returned to take the behavioural health provider’s overall funding past $200m.

The neurological disease treatment developer took its funding to over $213m, completing a series C round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2.

LetsGetChecked is moving into genomics with the acquisition of the genetic testing technology provider, allowing Lilly Ventures Asia and Jiangsu Simcere to exit.