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Nutrien, Sumitomo Corporation Europe and Wilbur-Ellis unit Cavallo Ventures all came in as new investors for the agricultural monitoring platform's series B round.

Longwall Ventures has led a $2.8m seed round for University of Oxford’s newest spinout, quantum technologies-based sensor technology developer Oxford HighQ.

3M Ventures has participated in a $13.7m round for VTT spinout Dispelix, which is working on augmented reality display technology.

The industrial cutting equipment maker has formed a unit called Hypertherm Ventures that will invest in advanced manufacturing and adjacent technologies.

Microsoft-backed automated drone provider Airobotics took its total funding past the $100m mark with a round led by Singapore's Pavilion Capital.

VTT Ventures has supported a $13.7m series A round for the institute's spinout Dispelix, which is working on see-through displays.

Oxford University Innovation has released its quarterly figures that reveal more than 89% of external investments in its spinouts occurred in August.

SoftBank Vision Fund has invested $1.1bn in dynamic glass producer View, whose investors already include GE and Corning, taking its total funding past $1.8bn.

Travel and accommodation booking service Booking Holdings committed $200m to ride hailing app Grab alongside a partnership deal

Idea Fund has provided seed capital for SciArt Software, a spinout of Wisconsin-Madison that has developed a weight reduction tool for engineering structures.

Mitsubishi Estate and Koei Tecmo have backed a $50m series D for space junk removal service Astroscale that almost doubled its total funding to $102m.