UGA's Innovation Gateway will have an additional $10m to play with as the university looks to double down on a strong tech transfer performance in recent times.

Novartis Venture Fund has helped seed a T-cell drug developer founded from Seattle Children's Hospital, Benaroya Research Institute and MIGAL Galilee.

American Electric Power and Chevron Technology Ventures were among the existing investors that helped the EV charging service boost its overall funding to $667m.

Access Industries was among the returning investors in a $75m round that brought marketing platform Yotpo’s overall funding to $176m.

M12 and Applied Ventures co-led a $35m round for Syntiant, which is working on chips for artificial intelligence-powered voice processing at the edge.

The T-cell drug developer has launched with $20m from a seed round co-led by corporate venturing unit Novartis Venture Fund.

After six years Intel Capital president Wendell Brooks has announced his resignation, with Anthony Lin to take the reins on a temporary basis.

Salesforce Ventures returned for the web marketing startup's series A round, which was led by new investor Norwest Venture Partners.

Berkeley Academic Ventures has lost its managing director Darek DaFreece, although he will remain an adviser for UC Berkeley's aerospace R&D unit.

The Telstra, Softbank and American Express-backed e-commerce software provider BigCommerce floated above an expanded range.