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

HPE joined existing investors CapitalG and Broadridge in a round that hiked the no-code app software developer's valuation to the $2bn mark.

The customer support and phone contact platform developer increased its valuation to $1.2bn in a GV-backed round that took its total funding to $220m.

MAmit Sridharan has departed from his corporate venturing role at Mahindra Group to set up First Rays Venture Partners, which will work with CVCs in deals.

The unit's second Impact Fund is double the size of the first vehicle, which it launched three years ago to tackle social, environmental and inclusion issues.

The cybersecurity platform developer has followed an investment by Salesforce in June with $150m in new funding at a valuation topping $9bn.

The electronic retail display provider has emerged from stealth with series C funding from investors including M12 and Verizon Ventures.

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

AV8's Baris Aksoy has teamed up with his old unit Intel Capital in a round that lifted the cybersecurity software developer's overall funding to more than $24m.

The Israeli investment arm of Access Industries joined Workday Ventures to help bring the human resources software provider's overall funding to $89.5m.

China-based education services provider Beijing Logicreation Information & Technology, which counts internet company Tencent among its backers, filed for a RMB1.04bn ($152m) IPO on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange’s ChiNext board in September.