IT

There was a record number of first-time corporate investors in the first half of the year despite corporate venturing activity being down across deals, exits and funds.

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

The computer vision technology startup has secured tens of millions of dollars in a round featuring Lenovo Capital, just over six months after it was founded.

Legend Capital-backed quantum computing technology developer QuantumCTek has filed to raise up to $102m in an initial public offering in Shanghai.

Cyber threat detection startup Hunters has pulled in series A funding through a round co-led by M12 that also featured Okta Ventures.

QuantumCTek has filed for a $102m initial public offering, more than a decade after being spun out of University of Science and Technology of China.

OneTrust has acquired private data software provider Integris, which had previously raised some $22m in funding from investors including Workday Ventures.

Microsoft's M12 unit and CreditEase Israel Innovation Fund returned for a series C round that took the container coding platform developer's overall funding to $42m.

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

University of Kent's UltraSoc Technologies, which provides integrated circuit safety technologies, has agreed to an acquisition by Siemens.

The endpoint management software provider has secured roughly $120m from strategic partner Salesforce, bumping its valuation up from $6.5bn to $9bn.