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

Existing backers including Draper Esprit and Sussex Place Ventures have reinvested to bring Endomag’s overall funding to above $43m.

The iFlytek-backed round looks set to be the last for the satellite imaging technology producer before a planned initial public offering.

Georgia Tech’s heat regulation material developer Carbice picked up capital from Downing Ventures and Toyota AI Ventures that will support recruitment.

SoftBank and Corning-backed dynamic window provider View will go public through a reverse merger at a $1.6bn post-deal valuation.

Based on Ghent University, KU Leuven and VIB research, Aphea.Bio is now making provisions to launch its initial products.

The customer information software producer has agreed to a majority acquisition at a $1.1bn valuation, having raised $157m from investors including Salesforce and Cisco.

The immuno-ocology startup has completed a series A round backed by Merck & Co investment vehicle MRL Ventures Fund.

Cisco Investments will exit the customer management platform developer, which is set to be bought for roughly double its valuation a year ago.

Hanwha, Nvidia, Tencent, Intel, Microsoft and McKinsey & Company are all set to exit the artificial intelligence software developer at a slight dip from its last valuation.

Legend Capital returned as Xbiome secured an eight-digit dollar amount that wil support the progress of its microbiome drug pipeline.