Insurance technology developer InsGeek, whose shareholders already include Tsinghua University-linked THG Ventures and TusStar, has added $25m in series C funding to its coffers.

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

Circle Pharma, a spinout of UCSF and UC Santa Cruz, has collected series B funding from investors including another UC campus, Berkeley.

The accelerator has formed a task force to fight Covid-19, drawing on the resources of faculty, portfolio companies, doctors and the wider medical community.

Axel Johnson investment fund Novax co-led a $15.3m round for Fraunhofer Institute's vegan protein and dairy substitute developer.

Venture capital and private equity dealmaking veteran David Almodovar has joined University of Pittsburgh as managing director of investments.

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

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

Academic investors University of Cambridge, Jisc, Nesta and Grupo Tiradentes have all signed up to Emerge Education's edtech venture fund.

Congruent Ventures is raising a second fund two years after a first $92m vehicle closed with an anchor investment from University of California.