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Salesforce Ventures and Optum Ventures helped the healthcare network technology provider push its valuation above $1.6bn and its total funding to near $200m.

The identity verification platform developer was valued at $1.3bn in a round featuring Synchrony Financial, Citi Ventures and Wells Fargo Strategic Capital.

Sunac Services supplied the lion's share of the capital for the smart home device producer's series A round, which has closed at approximately $76.9m.

Insight Partners and Scale Venture Partners co-led a series C round for the GV-backed stroke detection software provider, taking its total funding to $150m.

Falcon Edge Capital has led the latest round for the Info Edge, Intel, SoftBank and Tencent-backed online insurance marketplace operator.

Eli Lilly and Novartis Venture Fund participated in a round that will support the progress of Amphista's protein degradation drug candidates toward clinical trials.

The SoftBank and Baidu-backed agricultural drone developer has pulled in series C-plus-plus funding from Hillhouse Capital's GL Ventures fund.

Smile Invest and Innovation Industries Fund have co-led a $37m first tranche for TUe spinout Effect Photonics’ series C round.

Dentsu, Globis, Gree, Link and Motivation, Rakuten, Salesforce and Yahoo Japan are set to exit the recruitment services group in an IPO in Tokyo.

Forbion and Gilde Healthcare have co-led a $53m series B round for Dundee spinout Amphista, which is working on targeted protein degradation technology.

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