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GCV Emerging Leader Pratima Aiyagari has left Cisco Investments’ parent company after almost a decade to join venture capital firm Paladin Capital.

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

Telecoms innovation and management veteran Bill Payne has become science and technology lead at the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

The flash storage system provider secured series C funding from investors including Siemens, Dell and Mellanox, valuing it at $1.2bn.

The traffic analysis-based cybersecurity software developer took its total funding to near $80m in a Liberty Global-backed series C round.

GV has contributed to the $30m in funding revealed by on-demand cloud network service Alkira when it emerged from stealth this week.

GLP and Ascot Group supplied series A funding for goods-tracking technology provider Parsyl that will support recruitment and technology development.

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

American Express Ventures and CreditEase returned for a round that increased the anti-fraud software provider's overall funding to more than $190m.

Koch Disruptive Technologies co-led a series A round for Beyond Identity, which has emerged from stealth with a passwordless identity management system.

Quarterly data report: Q1 2020