Constuction materials marketplace RenoRun's $142m Schneider Electric-backed series B round headed up some large rounds for Canadian companies also including League and Ekona Power.

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

University of California, Berkeley’s accelerator has chosen Milan for its expansion into Europe and will invest in those startups through the SkyDeck Europe Fund.

SoftBank, owner of a portfolio including logistics unicorns ShipBob and Flock Freight, led the freight management service’s latest round at a $1.3bn valuation.

Josh Geballe will become senior associate provost for entrepreneurship and innovation at Yale later this month, and will serve as managing director of its OCR.

Michelle Bolas has been appointed chief innovation officer, while also becoming executive director of Innovate Carolina.

The venture fund officially launched at the end of last month, having already invested in five companies linked to University of Washington.

MIT spinout Superpedestrian has collected $125m in a series C round that attracted Sony Innovation Fund and Citi Impact Fund.

Solana and Jump Trading helped crypto wallet developer Phantom secure $109m while HR software provider Gupy netted $93.1m in a round co-led by SoftBank.

Netease is set to exit the video game developer in the third multibillion-dollar gaming acquisition so far this year.