Founded by a Northwestern student, cold-brew coffee vendor BrewBike has added the university's NUSeeds fund and angel investors to its seed consortium.

TUM-founded Twaice Technologies has won backing from UVC Partners to deliver battery management software targeting electric vehicles.

Organic snack producer SMPL has been backed by Zell Founders Fund, a VC vehicle run by University of Michigan students.

University of Central Lancashire spinout Alusid has raised capital from Frontier IP to help fund a new factory for its building material made from recycled glass and porcelain.

Oxford VR is developing VR mental health applications with the help of funding from investors including the university and its OSI venture fund.

Corporate venturing unit Trumpf Venture invested $4.5m to help the diabetes monitor developer close the round at $12.1m.

Luxembourg car insurance telematics spinout Motion-S has secured the backing of automobile and cycle trade body Febiac as it prepares to expand into other mobility segments.

VTC Innovation Fund is among the investors in agricultural management software developer Growers’ latest round.

BennuBio has assumed control of an existing UNM licence for cytometer technology, securing commitments from three investors to target a commercial release by next year.

Sentea has been spun out with $1.9m in seed funding to commercialise fibre optic sensor technologies that monitor engineering structures for wear and damage.