OSI joined investors including Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance to bring the University of Oxford enterprise machine learning spinout's overall funding to $24.4m.

Jinliu Wang, a former vice-chancellor for research and economic development at SUNY, will lead the consolidation of OSU's innovation programming.

CIC and Parkwalk have returned to back patient-focused genomic analysis developer Congenica, bringing its funding total to $85m.

Stellenbosch attracted $1.7m for spinouts and pre-spinout projects from March until September 2020, including multiple contributions from UTF.

Castor Ventures Fund took part in a round that will be used to strengthen Ayar's optical interconnector technology, which is based on MIT research.

CU Boulder-founded quantum technology developer ColdQuanta has attracted series A funding to follow a $16.8m seed round closed two years ago.

Sana Biotechnology has bought central nervous system therapy developer and portfolio company Oscine, which is founded on University of Rochester research.

The MIT Media Lab-focused deep tech venture firm is back with its second fund having secured $24.6m of a targeted $80m from unnamed investors.

The University of Aberdeen bone grafting spinout has been acquired after raising more than $4.8m from investors including Armourers and Brasiers.

Plug and Play has announced its first Africa-focused accelerator will form part of UM6P's innovation initiative in Morocco.