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Citi Ventures and existing backer Slack Fund helped the communications API provider take its overall funding to more than $55m.

Endowments for Harvard and Princeton have participated in Material Impact’s second fund, which closed at $200m after being oversubscribed.

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.