The carmaker has followed up a $100m investment two years ago with a pledge to provide up to $200m for the Stanford-originated solid-state battery developer.

TU Munich's air taxi developer has added $35m from Bailie Gifford to a $240m first tranche led by Tencent in March, and is now valued above $1bn.

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

Tsinghua-founded autonomous driving software company Idriverplus has secured Hopu-Arm Innovation Fund for its series C1 round.

Uber has led a $170m investment in StanfordStartX Fund-backed Lime that closed alongside Lime’s acquisition of Uber’s micromobility subsidiary Jump.

India-based challenger university Atria University has launched a VC fund contest for aspiring students aged from 16 to 18.

UC-backed Congruent Ventures returned to back EV charger hire service Amply Power four months after contributing to a $3.8m seed round.

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

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

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