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The CRM software producer formerly known as Xiaoman has raised a nine-figure renminbi amount from strategic investor Alibaba.

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

Bill Gates has returned to lead an $85m round for satellite internet provider Kymeta, which has now raised more than $280m since it was set up to advance Duke University research.

The Telefónica subsidiary has bought cyber risk consultancy and software producer Govertis having previously invested through subsidiary ElevenPaths.

The Sompo, Fujitsu and Relx-backed data miner, which has raised some $2.7bn in venture funding, has chosen the New York Stock Exchange to list its shares.

Corporate venturing units Slack Fund and Gradient Ventures contributed to a series B round that increased the online whiteboard developer's total funding to about $143m.

The database software provider advanced its valuation past the $1bn mark in a round featuring returning backer Dell Technologies Capital.

The Capital One and Salesforce-backed data management platform developer - valued at $12.4bn in February - has filed to go public.

The Dell-backed software management technology provider was valued at $1.5bn as of October and has initially filed to raise $100m.

CapitalG, which joined Dataiku’s shareholders through a secondary transaction last year, has now made its first primary investment in the data management software provider.

Digital Garage-backed software pentesting service Cobalt.io pushed its total funding to more than $36m in a Highland Europe-led series B round.