Q&A with Will Geiger & Brett Kadesh, principals, Touchdown Ventures

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

Deutsche Börse, Munich Re and Wells Fargo will secure exits through a deal that will give the private shares marketplace a public listing.

The cybersecurity rating provider’s total funding rose to over $400m following a Moody’s investment reportedly valuing it at $2.4bn.

Salesforce Ventures has returned to back the DevOps platform’s latest round, which included SoftBank Vision Fund 2, DG Ventures and IBM Ventures.

Allegis Group and SiriusPoint helped the online business insurance provider reach $160m of overall funding, reportedly boosting its valuation to $550m.

The online food retail platform took in series E capital from investors including Japan Post Capital at a pre-money valuation topping $1bn.

The CMT-backed NFT trading technology startup raised the cash in a round led by investment platform Digital at a $333m valuation.

Main Sequence Ventures has returned for Prospection’s series B round, having already participated in the company’s $6.7m series A last year.

The B cell therapy developer has publicly launched with $50m in series A financing from investors including Illumina Ventures.