Sectors

Tencent reinvested in the buy now, pay later sector, backing Alma in a round consisting of $131m in equity and $108m in debt financing.

Equinor Ventures re-upped its commitment to the battery material detection technology provider KoBold's series B round, which included BHP Ventures and Mitsubishi.

A roundup of exits, including IPOs and acquisitions, across the tech transfer ecosystem.

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

Aiming to provide a long-term future to their Wyss Zurich Translational Center, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich have set up the non-profit Wyss Zurich Foundation.

Harvard’s serial entrepreneur Timothy Springer has formally launched his latest venture with a $101m series A round backed by GV.

Data analytics platform developer Starburst raised $250m in a Salesforce-backed round valuing it above $3.3bn while SoftBank co-led a $140m round for small molecule drug developer Ventus.

Venture firm NGP Capital has closed its Fund V with cash from former owner Nokia and promoted Bo Ilsoe to managing partner.

The NEC-backed quantum computing system developer is set to list on the New York Stock Exchange through the transaction.

Alphabet’s GV subsidiary was among the participants in the immunology drug development platform’s first publicly disclosed round.

A roundup of exits, including IPOs and acquisitions, across the tech transfer ecosystem.