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RapidAPI has confirmed a $25m round led by Microsoft unit M12 that brought the software API marketplace’s overall funding to more than $37m.

Erganeo is the new moniker for regional tech transfer office Satt IDF Innov, which has invested $30.5m over the past seven years and is adopting an increasingly deep tech-led focus.

National Grid Partners invested in sound recognition technology developer Audio Analytic's $12m series B round, which will fund product development.

French regional TTOs Satt Conectus, Satt Nord and Satt Sayens hope to source skilled business leaders and management for their pipeline of deep tech spinouts.

Cambridge Innovation Capital backed sound recognition technology developer Audio Analytic's $12m series B round, having previously also supported a $5.5m series A in 2017.

Standard Chartered and Mitsubishi UFJ were among the financial services providers that contributed to a round that valued communication platform developer Symphony at $1.4bn.

Tencent, Google and Alibaba are all set to exit the network switch technology developer, which had raised $130m prior to agreeing to an acquisition by Intel.

Cvent paid an undisclosed sum to purchase the event engagement platform developer in a transaction of undisclosed size that gave an exit to Grace Beauty.

The retail analytics software developer increased its overall funding to $37m with a Unilever Ventures-backed round that will fund hiring and product development.

Corporate VC partnership returned to reinvest in the enterprise AI software developer after backing it at launch late last year.

Alphabet, Telstra and RackSpace-backed endpoint cybersecurity technology producer CrowdStrike will float above a range it had already increased.