Industrial

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

UC Berkeley-aligned generalised robotics software developer Covariant, which emerged from stealth in January, has now assembled at least $67m of funding.

Flint Hills Resources has contributed to a $133m series B round for RWDC Industries, which is working on a biodegradable alternative to plastic.

Workforce collaboration software business Tehama, a spinout of IT services firm Pythian, attracted investors including Omers Ventures for its first funding round.

The university has launched Food & Agriculture Science Transformer in a bid to uncover top-tier concepts based on food, agriculture and animal science.

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

Fresh from rejuvenating its corporate venturing team, Syngenta has launched a new accelerator in a bid to uncover novel food protein products.

US-based cybersecurity software developer DivvyCloud agreed to be acquired by security analytics provider Rapid7 for $145m in a cash and shares transaction that will give an exit to mass media group Discovery Communications.

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

A consortium including Continental Grain, Bunge and Tekfen has pushed the crop nutrition product developer's total funding to more than $186m.

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