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GCV Emerging Leader William Zhao and Rising Star Will Wang have ascended to partner positions at BAI while legal and corporate communications director Christine Sun has been appointed COO.

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

The corporate's ongoing Latin American portfolio has grown after it led pet product retailer Laika's $48m series B round and a $40m round for rural finance provider TerraMagna.

Animoca Brands, Delphi Digital and Verizon are helping FCF bring audience participation into live sports through the blockchain.

SoftBank led 5G chip developer Eigencomm's $157m series C round while smart bank Seba Bank raised $120m in its own series C, which included Alameda Research.

The $43.7m ME Innovation Fund is part of a $100m corporate venturing initiative revealed by the electrical product provider in mid-2020 and will invest in digital and green energy companies.

Tencent led a nine-figure round valuing the hospitality software provider at $1.25bn as the industry’s digitalisation gathers pace.

Q&A with Stéphane Longuet, co-founder and managing partner, Convivialité Ventures

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

UChicago Startup Investment Program has contributed once more to Foxtrot’s funding, participating in the convenience store operator’s $100m series C round.

Rush University Medical Center is among the backers of Transcarent’s series C round, which pushed the company’s overall financing to $298m.