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Duolingo rings up $35m
CMU-founded language learning platform developer Duolingo has now raised $183m altogether and has increased its valuation 60% to $2.4bn.
Menlo Security locks down $100m
The anti-malware software provider's series E round has valued the UC Berkeley spinout at $800m.
AISpeech assembles pre-IPO funding
Midea participated in a round for the speech processing technology provider, whose backers also include Tsinghua University's TusPark Ventures.
Kymeta climbs to $85m
Bill Gates has returned to lead an $85m round for satellite internet provider Kymeta, which has now raised more than $280m since it was set up to advance Duke University research.
Impossible Foods digs into $200m series G
The plant-based food producer boosted its valuation to $4bn and has now raised $1.5bn since being founded by Stanford faculty in 2011.
Investors let SiFive count the funding ways
UC Berkeley’s SiFive has raised $61m in series E funding from a consortium featuring OUP, SK Hynix, Western Digital, Qualcomm and Intel.
Coursera enrols in $130m series F round
Seek Group returned for a series F round that boosted the Stanford faculty-founded adult education provider's valuation to $2.5bn.
DNAnexus ties up $100m
Existing backer GV returned to take part in a $100m round for the Stanford spinout that also attracted new investor Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.
Gingko traces Illumina for $70m round
Illumina, General Atlantic and Viking Global have supplied $70m for Ginkgo Bioworks, an MIT spinout that has now raised more than $789m altogether.
Lime jumps on $170m deal
Uber has led a $170m investment in StanfordStartX Fund-backed Lime that closed alongside Lime’s acquisition of Uber’s micromobility subsidiary Jump.