Autodesk has led a $26.8m series C round for aPriori, a spinout of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Photo copyright services platform Binded is set to be bought by Pixsy in a transaction allowing media group Asahi Shimbun to exit.

Healthcare management platform developer Vim has now received $37m since it was founded, with Premera Blue Cross and Optum Ventures among its newest investors.

Autodesk has led a $26.8m series C round for aPriori, which will use the money to accelerate the development of its product cost management platform.

MIT-founded robotic interior design developer Ori found support from Sidewalk Labs and Ingka Group as it looks to deliver full robotic interiors in partnership with architects and property developers.

Sales team-focused voice analytics software developer Cogito, an MIT spinout, attracted investors including Salesforce, New York Life and Goldman Sachs to bring its overall total to $100m.

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

A report estimates USF’s innovation ecosystem contributes $582m to the state economy each year and sustains some 4,000 public and private-sector jobs.

Shopify has agreed to pay $450m in cash and shares for the warehouse technology developer, which had raised $46m from investors including iRobot.

Shubhang Shankar has been promoted to a managing director at Syngenta's corporate venturing unit, following the departures of Katrin Burt and Derek Norman.