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The messaging platform developer has revealed the latest eight companies to take part in its 13-week startup programme.

The Global University Venturing deal net rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem.

A roundup of exits, including IPOs and acquisitions, across the tech transfer ecosystem.

The Global University Venturing deal net rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem.

Jodi Olson has reportedly left Alphabet’s early-stage investment arm, where she had been a communications and marketing partner for roughly a decade.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 co-led a $150m round to allow the metaverse technology developer to push its overall funding past $750m.

The latest round raised by Everli and backed by Pernod Ricard was boosted by just over $24m from United Ventures, taking the grocery delivery service's overall funding to over $143m.

Wipro and Intel backed customer experience platform developer Lilt's $55m series C while Pfizer is buying corporate-backed respiratory virus therapeutic developer ReViral for up to $525m.

SoftBank, TelevisaUnivision and NielsenIQ helped provide the customer loyalty app developer with fresh capital in a round more than doubling its valuation to $2.5bn.

The sports gear retailer has disclosed its largest round was led by the NFL and included the MLB, NHL and Paris Saint-Germain, at a $27bn valuation.

The electronics subscription service received $110m in equity and $220m in debt financing from a consortium including Assurant, SevenVentures and Mirae Asset-LG Electronics New Growth Fund.