Nike was part of a round representing the women’s basketball league’s first external funding as it looks to close the gap with the richer men's leagues.

A roundup of exits, including IPOs and acquisitions, across the tech transfer ecosystem.

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

Meghan Sharp has departed from BP Ventures after more than a decade to head up the $600m Decarbonization Partners fund.

Citi Ventures and Visa helped e-commerce services startup Cart.com raise $240m while SoftBank Vision Fund 2 took part in nine-figure rounds for Dewpoint and Platform Science.

The pet services provider is joining forces with CHW Acquisition Corporation at a valuation just over half that at which former backer SoftBank invested in 2018.

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

Brooke Beier, already responsible for Purdue’s tech transfer office, has been promoted to senior vice-president of commercialisation.

Milo Werner has joined The Engine as general partner as the MIT-founded venture firm confirmed its second fund has reached $302m.

Intel and Alibaba-backed database software producer MariaDB agreed a $672m reverse merger while predictive analytics provider Pecan AI was one of three GV investments.