Bascom Palmer Eye Institute’s spinout is working on AR/VR vision diagnosis and augmentation technology and has secured more cash five months after its seed funding.

Affirm spinoff Resolve raised $60m from investors including its parent company, while sales and marketing software provider Qualified secured $51m in a Salesforce-backed round.

Columbia has taken an equity stake in the antiviral therapeutics producer, co-founded by two of its faculty members.

The institution has committed $40m to Chengwei Ventures Evergreen Fund LP and $55m to two Eclipse Ventures funds.

CU Boulder spinout ColdQuanta has now raised $74m in funding altogether, having previously obtained $32m in a series A round six months ago.

Samsung Ventures was part of a Silver Lake-led round that hiked health management app developer Noom's valuation to $3.7bn.

Jeff Welch has joined Duke as director of new ventures, while executive director Robin Rasor has been promoted to associate VP.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 has led the digital analytics technology developer’s latest round, which was closed at a $2.8bn valuation.

The fraud prevention technology provider was valued at $3bn in a series F round backed by existing investor Salesforce Ventures.

GV has returned to back the indoor farming operator’s series C round at a $2.3bn valuation, helping to take its total funding to over $470m.