Sectors

Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Koch Strategic Platforms and Dentsu Ventures are all shareholders in the diagnostic testing technology developer.

The blood disease specialist secured a boost from Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Novo and Access Biotechnology to move two assets into phase 2 trials.

The cybersecurity platform operator has achieved $160m of total funding through a series D round backed by Osage University Partners.

The cybersecurity platform operator has achieved $160m of total funding through a series D round backed by Capital One and CrowdStrike.

Xerox’s newly formed augmented reality software business has been valued at $700m through an investment by ServiceNow.

Humane aims to deliver “the next shift between humans and computing” with series B funding from investors including Qualcomm and SoftBank.

Stanford-backed expense management platform Jeeves has received series B funding, two months after emerging from stealth.

Automotive e-commerce platform Carsome has reached a $1.3bn valuation through the close of a series D2 round backed by Catcha Group, MediaTek, MUFG Innovation Partners and Daiwa PI Partners.

Sinbon Electronics-backed VanMoof has accumulated $182m of total funding following a series C round.

Alexandria Venture Investments is among the investors supporting the immunotherapy developer focused on cancer, autoimmune and infectious diseases.

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