Stanford University joined StartX to back Alchemy, a blockchain protocol company founded by two of its alumni.

The managed apartment provider secured $100m in series B and debt financing in August, from investors including SoftBank Capital NY, it disclosed this week.

Managing director Evan Norton has stepped down from Abbott Ventures after leading the unit’s investment initiatives for nearly a decade, moving to Accelmed.

HubSpot has exited email marketing platform developer Sigstr in an acquisition of undisclosed size by Terminus.

Samsung and Coinbase were among the investors that put up a total of $15m for Alchemy, which the blockchain protocol developer revealed when it emerged from stealth.

Genetic disease drug developer Triplet Therapeutics has emerged from stealth with $59m including $49m in a round co-led by Pfizer Ventures.

The Hanwha and Wacker Chemie-backed solar wafer developer raised $18m as it seeks further cost reductions for its manufacturing process.

CU Boulder spinout Inscripta has now accumulated more than $259m from investors including Institut Mérieux, and will use the capital to further expand its genome engineering platform.

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

Cigna Ventures led a round disclosed by the musculoskeletal recovery services provider as it rebrands from Trainer Rx.