The Verizon-backed programmatic advertising software provider is joining forces with Nasdaq-listed CAP Acquisition Corporation.

Existing investors Pfizer Ventures and Merck GHI helped the precision cancer test developer take its total funding past the $130m mark.

Samsung-backed robotics software developer Covariant hiked its overall funding to $147m in a round led by returning investor Index Ventures.

IN8Bio, a University of Alabama spinout and cancer immunotherapy developer, has pulled in $40m through its IPO.

SoftBank-backed barbershop booking service Squire raised $60m at a $750m valuation while card issuing platform developer Lithic was valued at $800m in a round featuring Exor.

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

University of Toronto-linked Deep Genomics has picked up $180m in its series C round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2.

Alphabet and Roc Nation-backed share and crypto trading platform developer RobinHood floated at the bottom of its range but still raised almost $2.1bn.

Holiday rental property marketplace Vacasa will get a Nasdaq listing from the deal, which follows $527m in funding from investors including Assurant.

Rakuten and SBI have returned to chip into the precision immunotherapy developer’s series D round, which was led by General Catalyst.