Global University Venturing rounds up some of the highlights from its London conference last month, which also featured the GUV Awards.

Cancer therapy developer Lava Therapeutics has raised $18.6m in a round featuring Merck Research Laboratories unit MRL Ventures.

Total Energy Ventures has contributed to a $29.2m round for the trucking services marketplace, taking its overall funding to more than $41m inside two years.

Leeds has backed its new subsidence measuring spinout Satsense in a round which also featured corporate Unipart Rail and government-backed Northern Power Investment Fund.

Bradford spinout Tangentix, which previously received funding from Parkwalk in 2014, operates a digital platform for computer game trials.

Cambridge Touch Technologies has added $5.5m in series A1 funding to its coffers thanks to investors including Cambridge Enterprise.

NUI Galway's Neurent Medical has been backed by government investors WDC and Enterprise Ireland as it continues development on its rhinitis treatment device.

Nottingham spinout Locate Therapeutics is developing a polymer-based material that ensures stem cells and other therapies can be injected with precision.