North Carolina State University semiconductor material spinout HexaTech will seek $3.5m from its latest round to bring its overall funding to roughly $12m.

Preserve is set to launch a sports drink in October 2018 based on Flinders University research into hydration.

The three investees include regenerative cardiovascular medicine developer CorMatrix, which had previously raised a total of $38.5m in funding.

Trinity College Dublin spinout Volograms has secured the University Bridge Fund as an investor for its VR and AR hologram creation engine.

University of Oxford Innovation Fund has backed Bibliotech's digital textbook library service, which is already used by universities including Oxford itself.

Edtech software engine developer Intersective has been backed by Main Sequence Ventures, allocating the funding for further R&D and overseas expansion.