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Alphabet’s growth equity arm promoted several team members in 2021 including new general partner Jesse Wedler, Jackson Georges, James Luo, Jamie Rosen, Jeremy Zhu and Nina Gerson.

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

Academia-industry collaboration platform In-Part has been acquired by Inova, which is looking to consolidate its position in the biopharmaceutical partnering space.

Financial services provider Tribal raised $60m in a SoftBank-led series B round while Credit Saison invested $30m in a round for peer-to-peer lender Julo sized at up to $60m.

Coinbase Ventures took part in a series A round for the cryptocurrency custody and settlement technology developer as efforts to overcome bottlenecks within blockchain networks intensify.

Nike was part of a round representing the women’s basketball league’s first external funding as it looks to close the gap with the richer men's leagues.

Salesforce Ventures and MSIVC re-upped their commitment to the owner of employees healthcare platform Carely in a $16.5m round boosting its overall funding to nearly $39m.

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.

Meghan Sharp has departed from BP Ventures after more than a decade to head up the $600m Decarbonization Partners fund.

Prosus Ventures committed capital to e-commerce finance provider Wayflyer at a $1.6bn valuation, increasing its overall funding to over $236m.