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Ascential, Akamai, Experian, ITV and Xandr all invested as the marketing data sharing platform raised $15.1m to help it expand in North America and Europe.

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

Midea participated in a round for the speech processing technology provider, whose backers also include Tsinghua University's TusPark Ventures.

The Jilin University-aligned OLED materials producer generated $168m in an IPO set to fund enhancements to its product range.

Stanford-StartX Fund-backed PicnicHealth has now secured at least $37m in funding altogether after disclosing series A and B funding.

ETH Zurich-founded carbon capture system producer Climeworks has added $35m to its latest round to fund further business growth.

PayPal Ventures and the BBVA-backed Propel Venture Partners are contributing to a two-tranche round that will lift the online bank's total funding to $414m.

Existing investors KKR and TPG provided the funding for the Emtek-backed online property portal, which withdrew from a planned IPO late last year.

CAA and UTA-backed artist support service Patreon is valued at $1.2bn following a round that brought its overall funding to $257m.

An unnamed strategic investor has contributed to the Johnson & Johnson-backed medical device producer's latest round.

Danone is the largest investor in Laird having closed a $10m investment in the plant-based superfood brand earlier this year.