Altair has picked up computational electromagnetics software developer NewFasant, based on the research of University of Alcalá associate professor Lorena Lozano Plata.

ETH Zurich's portfolio attracted a record $649m in funding last year, and the university also spawned more businesses year-on-year.

Insight Partners is acquiring the IoT security software provider through a transaction that will include $100m from Alphabet subsidiary CapitalG.

Michael Brandkamp has departed from its managing director role at corporate-backed fund HTGF to become a general partner European Circular Bioeconomy Fund.

Today’s deal net captures the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem over the past two weeks.

The University of Oxford DNA processing spinout tapped a consortium of unnamed investors in a round which also includes $106m in secondary funding.

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce contributed to the digital accounting platform developer's series C round, taking its total funding past $130m.

The Illumina and Amgen-backed genetic sequencing system developer raised $38.5m while its shareholders sold another $106m in shares.

In an extended version covering the holidays, Global Corporate Venturing has rounded up the period’s smaller deals and tracked the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Guerbet, Caisse Centrale de Réassurances, L’Occitane and Sopra Steria were among the backers for the life sciences-focused venture firm's BioMedTech fund.