MIT has put $35m into The Engine's second fund – up from its $25m commitment to the first fund – and has been joined by Harvard as a new LP.

Prosus Ventures was among the investors as the home care services provider boosted its overall funding to $255m.

The surgical technology provider has formed a strategic investment fund that has co-led a series A round for KēlaHealth.

Capital One Ventures participated in a series D round that valued the recruitment management software provider at $1bn.

Human API, a developer of health data management software, secured $20m in a series C round led by Samsung Ventures that included Allianz, Scor, CNO Financial and Guardian Life.

Alphabet spinoff Plexo Capital was among the participants for the software management platform developer's latest round.

Exact Sciences is set to acquire Johns Hopkins spinout Thrive Earlier Detection for up to $2.15bn in cash and stock, including $1.7bn upfront.

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

Q&A with Ore Adeyemi, managing director and head, HSBC SII

University of Toronto's FPGA programming platform developer LegUp Computing has been acquired in a deal that allowed Intel Capital to exit.