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Barracuda Networks could be in line to exit the accountancy software producer, which had disclosed more than $31m in funding through 2015.

Deutsche Börse and Wells Fargo Strategic Capital both took part in a round sized at over $150m for the private investment marketplace operator.

Harvard University’s endowment has participated in a funding round for the robo-advisory platform.

Ant Group has reportedly not supplied the $73.5m in funding it pledged for the mobile wallet developer Wave a year ago.

Solidia Technologies, Kelun Biotech and Doer Biologics all raised more than $70m while Sony added cash to a round valuing Discord at $7bn.

Returning investor Allianz X helped the digital investment service provider nearly quadruple its valuation to nearly $4.1bn in seven months.

The e-commerce and B2B financial services firm has provided $920,000 for Infinity Ventures’ early-stage vehicle, representing roughly a tenth of its capital.

Shapeways is another company from the 3D printing space, which has gone public through a reverse merger, after its peer Desktop Metal in 2020. The additive manufacturing space has seen a somewhat modest interest from corporate investors in the past decade.

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

PayPal Ventures has returned to take part in the virtual currency platform developer’s series D round, which secured it a $2.4bn post-money valuation.

Stanford University returned for the cryptocurrency exchange infrastructure developer's series B round.