Global University Venturing

Netherlands-based financial services firm Rabobank provided an additional €80m ($90m) of funding for its strategic investment subsidiary, Rabo Frontier Ventures a year ago in February 2019.

Special report: Agtech

The third annual Global Corporate Venturing Israel conference took place in Tel Aviv on February 11 in partnership with local corporate innovation advisory firm Axis Innovation.

Sector analysis: Industrial

Wipro Ventures exited email security software developer Emailage, when it was acquired by LexisNexis Risk Solutions. The sizeable deal is part of the wider cybersecurity space which has been popular over recent years.

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

Academic investors University of Cambridge, Jisc, Nesta and Grupo Tiradentes have all signed up to Emerge Education's edtech venture fund.

Congruent Ventures is raising a second fund two years after a first $92m vehicle closed with an anchor investment from University of California.

Corporates Tencent and SoftBank invested in a $2.41bn round raised by real estate platform Beike Zhaofang at a reported $14bn valuation. The transaction is part of the broader real estate tech space which has seen a surge in valuations in recent years.

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

Humanised antibody-based drug developer Harbour BioMed has now raised $210m altogether following a series B-plus round featuring Zhejiang University Future Capital.