The gig worker-focused insurance platform developer raised fresh capital in an Assurant-backed round bringing its total equity and debt financing past $100m.

Amenity and delivery services provider Avo is looking to enter new markets with series B funding from new and existing investors including JLL.

The construction group’s Growth Accelerator has added a third 12-week virtual scheme, called IgniteX Climate Tech Accelerator.

MIT spinout Zylotech has been acquired by Terminus for an undisclosed amount.

Healthcare services provider Wider Circle raised $38m in an AmeriHealth Caritas-led round while data management software producer Tonic.ai closed a $35m Bloomberg Beta-backed series B.

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

The American Express-backed eyewear retailer's market capitalisation exceeded $6.1bn in the wake of its direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange.

Humboldt State University has joined forces with UC Davis to create an incubator focused on agtech and biotech companies in northern California.

University of Rochester has rehired Harl Tolbert, currently with Pennsylvania State University, as associate vice-president of URVentures.

The Continental Grain-backed animal-free dairy protein producer’s latest round valued it at $1.5bn and lifted its overall funding to $750m.