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Kuok Group co-led a $30m round for the crop-monitoring system developer that also attracted Hitachi and Micron Technology, to more than double its total funding.

UPMC Enterprises has contributed to a $20m series B extension for Cerevance, which is commercialising Rockefeller University research.

Septwolves Ventures participated in a $21.5m round for the X-ray equipment producer that was led by a China Construction Bank fund.

Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund followed an investment last September by contributing to a $26.8m round for the bacteria-based cancer drug developer.

The driver’s education provider has put together a fund of undisclosed size dubbed Minami Incubate to back education, mobility and revitalisation technology startups.

Santen Ventures co-led a series B round to bring TAU faculty-founded Belkin Laser's funding total to $16.3m.

Santen Ventures co-led a series B round also backed by C-Mer Eye Care and BioLight Life Science to bring Belkin Laser's funding total to $16.3m.

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

The comic publishing company has begun accepting submissions for its four-month accelerator dubbed Manga Tech 2020, which is set to kick off in November.

Alibaba's financial services spinoff plans to float concurrently in Shanghai and Hong Kong, with China Life and China Post among the investors in line for exits.

Tencent, Info Edge and SoftBank-banked Policybazaar is aiming for $250m in a round set to precede a 2021 initial public offering expected to value it at $3.5bn.