Q32 Bio has launched with $46m from investors including University of Colorado to target autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.

Cell sorting technology business Thinkcyte has closed an OUVC-backed series A round intended to progress its joint research and unlock an expansion into the US.

Lactips, a milk-based bioplastics spinout of Jean Monnet University formed by Pulsalys, has raised $14.5m in a funding round led by Bpifrance.

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

Tsinghua-founded autonomous driving software company Idriverplus has secured Hopu-Arm Innovation Fund for its series C1 round.

UTokyoIPC-aligned venture unit AOI I secured SMBC and Mitsubishi UFJ for an initial close intended to aid the generation of quality spinouts.

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

University of Minnesota has invested in UBC spinout AbCellera's series B round that also included Eli Lilly.

Existing investor Novartis has committed to a $10m private placement alongside the IPO, in which the fibrosis therapy developer, based on UCSF research, is set to raise up to $96m.

Apple has bought Inductiv to integrate the latter's machine learning data cleanup expertise, based on Stanford, Wisconsin-Madison and Waterloo faculty innovations.