Insight Partners has supplied an undisclosed amount for the Spotify-backed independent music distributor at a $1.3bn valuation.

National Grid Partners contributed to data protection software provider Baffle's series B round while Axa and Zendesk exited sales enablement platform developer Seismic.

SoftBank helped the digital financial services provider raise a series G round led by Sequoia Capital, reaching a post-money valuation of $25bn.

GCV Emerging Leader Michael Stewart has taken up a partner role at Microsoft’s M12 subsidiary after a six-year stint at another corporate venture capital unit, Applied Ventures.

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

Matrix Capital Management led the immunology drug developer's series A round, which will support the journey of a type 1 diabetes drug candidate towards the clinic.

Novartis Venture Fund returned as GentiBio raised money that will support the progress of its type 1 diabetes drug candidate toward clinical trials.

The app monitoring techology developer has agreed to an acquistion by Cisco having raised $30m from investors including the Deutsche Telekom-backed DTCP.

Anchorage Digital and GSR have contributed to a series B round for blockchain infrastructure provider Figment.

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