Bazaarvoice is paying an undisclosed amount for the social commerce technology developer, which had raised $40m from investors including Vayner/RSE.

Optum Ventures helped the prescription fulfilment platform push its total funding to more than $39m, with the cash to fund product development.

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

VillageMD is set to receive a total of $1bn in equity and convertible debt financing from Walgreens Boots Alliance over the next three years, giving the corporate a 30% stake.

Continental Grain-backed Perfect Day has raised a further $160m for a round that increased the vegan dairy protein developer's overall funding to more than $360m.

Sodium-ion battery producer Natron, a Stanford spinout, has picked up corporates ABB and Chevron in a round bringing its lifetime funding to more than $70m.

David Snow, director of University of Arkansas Technology Ventures, has been called upon to lead the Office of Economic Development in an interim capacity.

Tesltra Ventures is exiting Kubernetes management platform developer Rancher in an acquisition reportedly sized at between $600m and $700m.

The cancer therapy developer boosted its overall funding to more than $200m in a round that included series A backer Takeda Ventures.

Salesforce Ventures returned for a round that pushed the data backup technology developer's total funding past $100m and doubled its valuation.