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Verizon corporate development manager David Liu has moved to a principal position at the telecoms firm's corporate venturing unit to target 5G technology developers.

The Chinese surveillance and security technology provider, which counts Winner Technology as an investor, pulled in $14.1m that will fund AI research.

Robocath, which is developing robotic-assisted technology for cardiovascular diseases, has collected capital from investors including TUS-Holdings.

BGU-founded identity verification technology provider Secret Double Octopus has added $15m to its coffers, three years after closing its series A round.

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

NEA has led a series B1 round for the smart contact lens developer, whose existing shareholders include Stanford-StartX.

The corporate has revealed it expects to lose $6.6bn on its WeWork investment in the last financial year, separate to its Vision Fund commitments.

Liberty Global Ventures, Gradient Ventures, Motorola Solutions Venture Capital, Numbase and KDDI Open Innovation Fund all backed the smart contact lens developer's series B-1 round.

Salesforce Ventures has thrown its weight behind Niche as the educational matchmaking service prepares to add thousands of schools to its platform.

Robocath, which is developing robotic-assisted technology for cardiovascular diseases, has formed a strategic partnership with Microport in connection with a $43.4m round.

UT Southwestern has formed central nervous system diseases treatment developer Taysha Gene Therapies with executives who previously worked for OSU's Avexis.