Q&A with Erning Cao, investment director, Evonik Venture Capital

Cambridge’s gene therapy developer had set terms for an offering set to raise between $135m and $149m on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

Founded at Imperial Collge London, Sprout three years ago, Sprout.ai has now secured $11m in a series A round led by Octopus Ventures.

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

Evotec has partnered Bristol-Myers Squibb to launch another Bridge programme, this time focusing on the universities of Birmingham, Dundee, Edinburgh and Nottingham.

Evotec has partnered Bristol-Myers Squibb to launch another Bridge programme, this time focusing on the universities of Birmingham, Dundee, Edinburgh and Nottingham.

Opioid addiction care provider Groups Recover Together and healthcare management platform developer Vim each raised $60m, with Optum Ventures backing both rounds.

Ericsson and Maersk Growth were among the investors in the autonomous logistics vehicle developer's series B round.

The Chernin Group led the health tracker producer's series C round, which also featured Square and Eisai, at an $800m valuation.