Sheffield spin-out Magnomatics raises $4m for its magnetic gear technology.

SETsquared-backed TopicLogic wins at UK's Discovering Start-Ups 2012 competition.

University of Melbourne spinouts 121cast and Venuemob both receive funding from Optus, the Australian subsidiary of telecommunications firm Sing-Tel.

The University of Michigan is investing $17.5m to expand its North Campus Research Complex.

The University of Cambridge is making its first three investments into UoC spinouts through its new Enterprise Fund.

Applied Genetic Technologies Corp., backed by technology from the University of Florida, raises $37.5m in a record area venture round.

Statewide Arizona-based accelerator AZ Furnace announces its first 10 startups.

c2renew, a spin-out of North Dakota State University, completes the transfer of biocomposite creation technology from the university.

Nanomedicine firm Nanobiotix, a spinoff from the University of Buffalo, raises $18.1m in its initial public offering.

Online Spanish language educator TareasPlus receives $1.8m in seed funding from distance learning provider Academic Partnerships.