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US-based cybersecurity software developer DivvyCloud agreed to be acquired by security analytics provider Rapid7 for $145m in a cash and shares transaction that will give an exit to mass media group Discovery Communications.

Despite uncertainty, Yahoo Japan’s corporate venturing vehicle will continue its efforts in innovation and technology in the Japanese ecosystem through collaborations with startups.

Axa Venture Partners and Orange Digital Ventures backed a $27.2m round that will fund product development and international growth for the employee engagement software provider.

The Chinese surveillance and security technology provider, which counts Winner Technology as an investor, pulled in $14.1m that will fund AI research.

BGU-founded identity verification technology provider Secret Double Octopus has added $15m to its coffers, three years after closing its series A round.

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

KDDI, Sony and existing investor Liberty Media helped the passwordless authentication system developer close its first round since 2017.

Carnegie Mellon University call centre analytics software spinout Voci Technologies is to be acquired after raising $17.9m of equity and debt financing.

Discovery Communications will exit the cybersecurity automation platform developer in a $145m cash-and-share deal following $29m in venture funding.

The potential acquisition would reportedly value the HPE, Microsoft and Koch-backed cloud software provider below its most recent valuation but above $250m.

The robotics AI technology developer pulled in $36m through a series D round led by SoftBank Vision Fund that included fellow existing investor Qualcomm Ventures.