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Salesforce Ventures has returned to back the DevOps platform’s latest round, which included SoftBank Vision Fund 2, DG Ventures and IBM Ventures.

Ningbo Water Meter has contributed to a $77.6m round for the IoT chip manufacturer, which also counts Septwolves as an existing investor.

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

Softbank, Foxconn and Xiaomi all backed a series C round for the smart robotics technology developer, which is now valued at over $1bn.

PayPal is to purchase its portfolio company Paidy, a consumer finance service provider. Paidy is part of the wider payment tech space, which has seen an increasing number of exits since last year.

Myeg returned for augmented reality technology developer HiScene's $41.6m series C-plus round while celiac disease drug developer Calypso Biotech hiked a corporate-backed round to over $33m.

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

Atlassian Ventures and Salesforce Ventures have returned to back a primary and secondary series F round for the app security platform developer that included Koch Strategic Platforms.

Allianz has recommitted to the venture capital firm having funded its $170m debut vehicle two years ago.

Zoom has completed its third strategic investment in video meeting technology maker Neat, which is now valued at $640m.

Ericsson Ventures has participated in a series B round for cybersecurity software provider TrueFort, reportedly increasing its total funding to almost $48m.