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

Cargill has put another $75m into pea protein-based food ingredient provider Puris, roughly a little over 18 months after it invested an initial $25m.

Toy electronics kit provider LittleBits had raised $59m from investors including O'Reilly Media, and will become part of Sphero's smart toy product lineup.

Smart urban lighting management business Smartnodes has been picked up by Lacroix Group having spun out of University of Liège and UCLouvain in 2007.

Comcast and Grace Beauty-backed exercise equipment provider Peloton has filed to raise up to $500m in an offering on the Nasdaq Global Select market.

Existing investor Tencent has returned for the e-commerce company's $100m series C round, which was led by Sky9 Capital.

Wapi Pay subsidiary Wapi Capital has allied itself with smartphone maker Transsion’s Future Hub unit for a vehicle that will invest about $100,000 per deal.

Xiaomi Ventures led two rounds that totalled $11.2m for cat food and accessories provider, investing together with Morningside Venture Capital and Volcanics Venture.

SoftBank-backed genome medical research tech provider 10x Genomics, previously backed by SoftBank, filed to go public. This may be a notable exit in burgeoning genomics and gene technology space, which has seen much corporate backing in recent years.

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.