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

Capital One Ventures has helped online reselling platform developer Trove raise $77.5m in a round taking its overall funding to almost $123m.

Ferrovial and Mitsui Fudosan helped mobility platform developer Maas Global hike its latest round to nearly $46m while automotive technology developer Visic Technologies raised $35m.

M12 helped cybersecurity software producer Hunters raise $30m while Scor and Transamerica are set to exit patient monitoring software developer 100Plus.

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

American Express Ventures will get the chance to sell shares in the eyewear retail brand, valued at $3bn as of a year ago, through the listing.

Baidu's smart voice technology spinoff received an undisclosed amount of series B funding, hiking its valuation 75% in nine months.

TXOne Nertworks has added $12.9m to its coffers, while C3 has pushed its series B round to $90m thanks to a $10m extension.

Over the past few years, roughly a fifth to a quarter of all corporate investors whose deals we track appear to be newcomers.

M12 backed three deals in recent days, including a $50m series D round for Split.io that also featured fellow corporates Atlassian and ServiceNow.

SoftBank Ventures Asia and Kakao Ventures have joined a series D round that values the hyperlocal second-hand goods marketplace at $2.7bn.