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

The IoT security technology provider had raised $48m in funding from investors including Qualcomm and Čez pre-acquisition.

Equifax was among the investors that provided $14.7m for the utility customer data provider to push its total funding past the $40m mark.

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

Main Sequence Ventures has returned for a $10m series B round that will drive Kasada's expansion efforts following its opening of headquarters in the US.

Axa Venture Partners was among the limited partners that have helped the deep tech-focused venture firm raise $59.4m for its second fund.

The business optimisation services provider has pulled in series B-plus funding through a round co-led by Ipsos that will fund R&D work.

MassMutual Ventures, Synchrony and Blue Venture Fund all returned as the user authentication platform developer almost doubled its overall funding.

Access Industries helped supply $33m in equity funding for the cloud management software developer, which also unlocked up to $20m in venture debt financing.

Returning investor Comcast Ventures contributed to a round that pushed the total raised by the security management software developer to $43m.

One vaccine developer, CureVac, has received a generous backing from Germany’s government-owned development bank KfW, while another – Vaxcyte – went public raising $250m.