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Cisco intends to purchase the network analytics software producer, which had raised more than $110m from investors including GV and Salesforce Ventures, for a reported $1bn.

EDP Ventures and Semapa Next took part in a $50.5m series B round for the AI verification data provider, which counts Amazon, Sony and Mastercard as earlier investors.

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

Apple has bought Inductiv to integrate the latter's machine learning data cleanup expertise, based on Stanford, Wisconsin-Madison and Waterloo faculty innovations.

Salesforce Ventures, Swisscom Ventures and returning investor GV helped the computer vision technology provider take its total funding past $120m.

The visual privacy technology developer received $13.5m from investors including Axa Venture Partners, Omron Ventures and Hyundai.

Statkraft Ventures contributed to a round for the 3D geospatial analysis platform developer that was led by BrightCap Ventures.

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

Smart sensor developer BYD Semiconductor has spun off from its parent company, electric vehicle producer BYD, with $265m secured at a valuation topping $1.3bn.

UAVC-backed antenna technology spinout FreeFall Aerospace has merged with one of its clients in order to focus its efforts on 5G communications.

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