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Q&A with Harrie Vollaard, managing director, Rabo Frontier Ventures

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

Citi and Sony helped Superpedestrian raise $125m while Dott boosted its latest round to $155m with help from Prosus, as the e-scooter sector looks to expansion.

Constuction materials marketplace RenoRun's $142m Schneider Electric-backed series B round headed up some large rounds for Canadian companies also including League and Ekona Power.

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

SoftBank, owner of a portfolio including logistics unicorns ShipBob and Flock Freight, led the freight management service’s latest round at a $1.3bn valuation.

Prosus Ventures invested in the e-commerce finance provider at a $1.6bn valuation, increasing its overall funding to over $236m.

Randstad and Nationale-Nederlanden took part in the workplace analytics platform developer's latest round - both as existing investors, Crunchr confimed.

Hebrew University of Jerusalem launched 15 spinouts last year covering areas ranging from healthcare to solar energy.

MIT spinout Superpedestrian has collected $125m in a series C round that attracted Sony Innovation Fund and Citi Impact Fund.

Solana and Jump Trading helped crypto wallet developer Phantom secure $109m while HR software provider Gupy netted $93.1m in a round co-led by SoftBank.