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Sompo, Fujitsu and Relx-backed Palantir went public yesterday and fetched a $20.6bn valuation – only marginally above the $20.3bn it was worth in 2015.

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

The cybersecurity company was once listed on NYSE, before an acquisition by Intel and a subsequent spinoff, and has now put a $100m placeholder figure on its planned IPO.

The existing investor has chipped into the anti-fraud technology producer’s $36.3m round that lifted its overall funding to more than $60m.

Late September was a buoyant time for the fintech sector.

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

Satt Erganeo-backed Open Agora offers software to run opinion surveys within enterprise software such as Slack.

Dell Technologies Capital has returned for a $240m series B round, having already backed a $53m series A for the silicon chip designer last November.

Lenovo Capital has chipped into the RPA software provider’s latest funding, which will go toward improving its products and entering new markets.

The ETH Zurich software security spinout had raised at least $5.2m before it was purchased by Snyk yesterday for an undisclosed sum.

Group 42 has joined existing shareholder BP Ventures to co-lead a series C round for Caltech and Nasa spinout Beyond Limits, with $113m already closed and another $20m committed.