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

UW spinout OctoML increased its funding total to $18.9m after securing series A capital from existing investors Madrona Venture Group and Amplify Partners.

The customer service chatbot provider closed a $17.6m round led by Huaxi Holdings subsidiary V-Capital.

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

CapitalG returned for a late-stage round that pushed VUB spinout Collibra’s total funding beyond $345m and boosted its valuation to $2.3bn.

CapitalG returned for a late-stage round that pushed Collibra’s total funding beyond $345m and boosted its valuation to $2.3bn.

The enterprise communication platform developer has now raised more than $62m altogether, Dell Technologies Capital leading its latest round.

Cisco and Lenovo helped the artificial intelligence software producer hike its valuation from $1.2bn to $2bn, following a $145m round in 2018.

Prologis Ventures was among the investors that helped the virtual training system provider hike its overall funding to $51m.

Mozido, Sberbank and Overstock all scored exits as the e-commerce verification software developer was bought for an undisclosed amount.