Truework, which provides software to run employment and income background checks, secured the return of Sequoia Capital and Khosla Ventures to bring its total to $45m.

Cambridge's Featurespace boosted its funding total to $108m having assembled a consortium including existing investor IP Group for its latest round.

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

M12 and Salesforce Ventures have returned for a $100m round for the identity verification technology provider, which is also backed by University of Oxford.

Insurance underwriting software business Concirrus raised capital to fund product enhancements and entry into new verticals and geographies.

Emory University's endowment fund was among the LPs that chipped in for the venture capital firm’s Continuum I fund, which has closed at $56.6m.

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

Mac Ventures will receive support from Yeshiva University business school students, making early-stage investments in a number of tech-oriented sectors.

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

A second US-China Green Fund equipped with $350m to $400m is expected to launch later this year with the backing of Chinese Academy of Sciences.