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The online questionnaire platform developer, which counts Legend Star and LeFund among its past investors, has received $20m in new funding.

Intel has exited machine learning technology developer ParallelM, which has been bought by DataRobot in a deal reportedly sized at tens of millions of dollars.

The mobile app data-monitoring technology developer has received $14.5m in the series B-plus round, which was led by a subsidiary of Fosun Group.

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

The SoftBank, Comcast and Alphabet-backed communication platform developer saw its shares pop and its market cap climb nearly 50% to $19.5bn following its direct listing.

UT Austin-founded graph data developer Capsenta has been picked up by Data.world, which has integrated the spinout’s technology with its own product.

Harvard's Root Robotics markets an educational coding robot that teaches children about computer programming and has now been acquired by iRobot for an unspecified amount.

NTT-backed data management software producer Druva has closed a $130m round led by Viking Global Investors and acquired M12-backed data transfer platform CloudLanes.

Essex Property Trust, UDR and Starwood Capital all contributed to a series B round that will fund the further deployment of SmartRent's intelligent home automation devices.

SMBC Venture Capital and YJ Capital are among the investors that provided $28m for the smartphone app development platform in a round led by Eight Roads Ventures Japan.

Capital One Ventures re-upped in the $21.5m round, which was led by C5 Capital and which took the database software provider's total funding to $35m.