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Yamaha Motor Ventures and Laboratory Silicon Valley has promoted Anish Patel from partner to chief operating officer and managing director.

Bank of Montreal provided debt and equity financing for industrial product marketplace Inxeption, which raised $275m, while smart home product maker Orvibo received $158m.

The cryptocurrency exchange is leaning futher into venture investments, expanding its fund to $500m and hiring a new partner.

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.

Dell Technologies Capital has returned to back Exotec in a Goldman Sachs-led round that valued the automation robotics system developer at $2bn.

MSW Capital is among the funds managing $36m of venture capital cash for Banco do Brasil, which is controlled by the Brazilian government and listed in São Paulo.

Rafael Torres had spent 14 years leading the healthcare investing teams at GE Equity and GE Ventures up to 2015.

Car leasing service Dishangtie Car Rental completed a $200m series D round featuring Ingka while crypto-asset software producer Lukka raised cash in a corporate-backed round valuing it at $1.3bn.

Jiangsu Yuyue Medical Equipment & Supply and Sunny Optical Technology Group have postponed their investments in Ant Group’s consumer finance unit after state-sponsored Cinda was required to halt its participation.

Amy Wu joined the newly formed FTX Ventures from Lightspeed Venture Partners, where she had overseen the firm's investment in FTX as a partner.