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The cybersecurity testing software producer's series B round was co-led by Koch Disruptive Technologies and pushed its overall funding to approximately $36m.

The deep tech venture fund linked to Imec has raised $166m for its second fund, more than halfway to its $277m target.

Digital asset exchange Zipmex increased its corporate-backed series B round to over $51m while Digital Garage-backed 1plusX in a $150m acquisition.

Multiple corporates helped call centre software producer Cresta raise $80m at a $1.6bn valuation while agricultural intelligence provider Apollo secured $40m in a round led by Softbank Vision Fund 2.

Slack's corporate venturing subsidiary, now under the Salesforce Ventures umbrella, is looking to lead more rounds after launching Fund III, which is twice the size of its predecessor.

Country Garden Venture Capital was among the investors in the Qualcomm-backed contract chip manufacturing service provider’s latest round, which took its total funding to $630m.

Deutsche Telekom-backed DTCP was among the investors that pushed the cybersecurity management platform developer’s valuation to $2.6bn.

Artificial intelligence technology developer Aibee raised cash from Xiaomi at a unicorn valuation while industrial technology provider Bluetron received $78.6m.

Managing director Dede Goldschmidt spelled out the unit's investment strategy along with its place in Samsung's corporate VC activities and the state of the post-pandemic market.

IISc Bengaluru-backed AI and Robotics and Technology Park is seeking approval from the Indian regulator to raise a $100m venture fund.

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