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BP Ventures topped up its commitment into the feed producer by leading a series D-1 round that also featured Adisseo.

Kyudenko provided an undisclosed sum for the Itochu, Toyoshima, Taiyo Kogyo and NTT Docomo-backed clothes and plastics recycling technology developer.

UPS is buying delivery service Roadie having helped it raise $62m while heart disease treatment developer Nectero Medical secured $19.5m in a Boston Scientific-led round.

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

Cornell spinout Lexeo Therapeutics has added $100m to its coffers thanks to a series B round co-led by D1 Capital Partners and Eventide Asset Management.

The mobile game developer secured $350m from investors including Netmarble and Kabam and has closed the purchase of gaming studio Ludia.

Tencent was among the investors in a round which valued the automotive e-commerce platform developer at $1.75bn.

Access Industries and Workday Ventures contributed to a series D round which more than tripled the workforce management platform developer's valuation to $3.7bn.

Dundee spinout Exscientia has filed for an offering that would provide exits for SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Novo, BMS, Celgene, Evotec and Pivotal BioVenture Partners.

Softbank, Foxconn and Xiaomi all backed a series C round for the smart robotics technology developer, which is now valued at over $1bn.

Amgen, Bristol Myers Briggs and Vertex Pharmaceuticals were among the investors that brought the gene therapy developer’s overall funding to over $164m.