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Sanofi Ventures, Mass General Brigham Ventures, GV and Alexandria Venture Investments have contributed to a $77m round for Rome Therapeutics.

Online furniture retailer Gaia, warehouse robot provider Locus Robotics, recruitment platform developer Canvas and ESG software producer Measurabl all raised $50m.

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

The cybersecurity software developer is raising the cash at a $2.2bn pre-money valuation in a series A round that now includes Citi Ventures.

Alibaba and Fosun were among the investors that helped the autonomous driving technology provider close a $300m round.

Based on research at Drexel University, Context Therapeutics is seeking to raise up to $21m in an initial public offering on Nasdaq.

Osage University Partners is among the investors in Northwestern spinout Vanqua Bio’s $85m series B round.

UNC Chapel Hill’s agricultural technology developer AgBiome has increased its overall funding to $230m following the series D round.

The American Express and Salesforce-backed payment software developer tripled its valuation to $4bn in its latest funding round.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led a series C-1 round for the irregular produce marketplace that lifted its overall funding to nearly $527m and valued it at $2bn.

The Vayner Capital-backed visual design tool provider has secured funding at a $40bn valuation, five months after a $71m round.