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RPA’s Open Ventures and Segment subsidiaries’ joint accelerator scheme will target online marketing startups.

University of Louisville spinout Talaris has filed for an initial public offering on the Nasdaq Global Market.

Marcau Partners will manage the independent venture capital fund.

Post Holdings led a $25m round for vegetarian meat brand Hungry Planet while Nium and Dataiku added to nine-figure funding totals.

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

The CIC-backed eye disease treatment developer has filed for a $100m initial public offering, having raised over $250m in funding in the past two years.

Q&A with Brandon Yahn, principal and head of US investments, Convivialité Ventures

Exor has become the latest corporate investor in the online insurance provider, which already counts CNP Assurances as an investor and which is now valued at $1.7bn.

The GMO and Mastercard-backed digital payment portal operator received its latest funding at a $3bn valuation and has now raised roughly $370m in total.

The NTT-backed cybersecurity software developer was valued at over $2bn in the round, which was led by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec.

The medical crowdfunding portal operator has filed to float in New York in an offering that would enable Meituan Dianping, Tencent and Swiss Re to exit.