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

Stanford spinout Snorkel AI has now raised $135m overall and pushed its valuation to $1bn, thanks to commitments from investors like GV.

Imec.xpand has returned for a $16m series B round that will allow Spectricity to accelerate the development of its sensors and imagers.

UC Berkeley’s robotics software developer Covariant hiked its overall funding to $147m in a round led by returning investor Index Ventures.

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

OUP has exited Algorithmia following its acquisition by DataRobot for an undisclosed sum.

PsiQuantum has become the first unicorn in Imec.xpand’s portfolio as it fetched a valuation of more than $3bn.

University of Notre Dame has contributed to an $11.9m series B round for Notre Dame spinout Lucata.

Quantum computing remains an area fraught with challenges, but key breakthroughs this month show it is not out of reach.

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