Lidar technology developer Sense Photonics has emerged from stealth with $26m in series A funding from investors co-led by the UC-backed Congruent Ventures.

Stanford spinout Tableau Software has agreed to a $15.7bn all-stock acquisition by Salesforce, six years after completing a $254m initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange.

Artizan, a Yale University spinout focused on intestinal microbiota targets potentially responsible for inflammatory bowel disease, has been backed by investors including Brii Biosciences, bringing its total funding to $12m.

Lidar technology producer Innoviz has closed its series C round at $170m, two and a half months after raising an initial $132m tranche featuring Harel Insurance and Phoenix Insurance.

SoftBank has selected four senior management members – Chris Cooper, Patricia Menendez-Cambo, Francisco Sorrentino and Lee Bocker – for its Latin America Fund, SBGI subsidiary and new entity SoftBank Tech Hub.

Vestaron raised $40m in the Novo-led round, which will support the expansion of Vestaron's range of peptide-based biopesticides.

Allied Minds chief executive Jill Smith has seemingly been forced from her position under pressure from activist investor Crystal Amber.

OATV-backed science and crafts content publisher Maker Media has suspended trading having previously raised $10m in equity and debt financing.

Cyient and SBI both took part in the round, which increased the connected railway-focused cybersecurity software producer's total funding to $17m.

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