The fund is expected to close by year end with LPs including Wageningen University, TU Delft, University of Twente and Eindhoven University of Technology.

UC Berkeley-aligned generalised robotics software developer Covariant, which emerged from stealth in January, has now assembled at least $67m of funding.

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

Princeton University-aligned Fitz Gate Ventures has backed a total of 15 companies since 2015 and has secured one exit to date.

Novo Holdings has joined the early-stage consortium of Praxis Precision, a gene therapy business co-founded by faculty from Columbia and Melbourne universities.

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

The university has launched Food & Agriculture Science Transformer in a bid to uncover top-tier concepts based on food, agriculture and animal science.

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

EMV Capital managing director Ilian Iliev has replaced Ian Postlethwaite as CEO of NetScientific on a part-time basis.

University of Maryland's respiratory support device spinout Breethe has been picked up by Abiomed, which aims to expand treatment options for cardiogenic shock patients.