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

The content management platform developer more than trebled its valuation to over $3bn in a round featuring Tidemark.

Carbon-neutral blockchain technology developer Core Scientific raised $54m from Celsius while autoimmune disease therapy developer Topas Therapeutics took a BIVF-backed round past $47m.

OUP has exited Algorithmia following its acquisition by DataRobot for an undisclosed sum.

PsiQuantum has become the first unicorn in Imec.xpand’s portfolio as it fetched a valuation of more than $3bn.

The Salesforce-backed digital marketing technology provider received the cash in a round led by B Capital Group that brought its overall funding past the $350m mark.

Capital 49 will invest in companies developing technology utilising Airwallex's payment infrastructure, and has a $200m target for its close.

Vito Giallorenzo shares insights on BlackBerry's new approach to venture.

Dell Technologies Capital has hired Radhika Malik, formerly a senior associate at Samsung’s $500m Catalyst Fund.

Denso took part in a $71m series D round for artificial intelligence technology provider Blaize while inflammatory disease drug developer Aristea closed a $63m Novo and Arena-backed round.

Venture capital funding for Indian firms hit a six-year high of $12.1bn in the first six months of 2021