M Ventures has backed the ETH Zurich spinout, which has devised a digital biomarker-driven medical device for diagnosing brain conditions such as Alzheimer's disease.

Ireland's higher education institutions must provide details of staff involvement in university-linked businesses in response to parliamentary concerns.

Bristol-founded haptics platform developer Ultrahaptics is set to absorb Leap Motion's patents and employees, succeeding in a transaction that Apple failed to complete twice.

Gut microbiome medicine developer EnteroBiotix has been backed by University of Aberdeen in a round that brings its total to $3.2m.

Dublin City University pollution monitoring platform developer Ambisense has secured capital from investors including the University Bridge Fund.

Retrium, which last attracted more than $1m in 2017, was founded by University of Maryland, College Park graduates to market a collaborative platform for software development teams.

Innovate UK and Longwall Ventures have put up seed capital for Warwick-founded Verdel Instruments, which hopes to commercialise a benchtop-sized lab instrument for conducting two-dimensional mass spectrometry.

Purdue Ag-celerator Fund has injected capital into farming robot developer Rogo Ag, which is aiming to make farming more efficient by reducing errors in soil sampling.

Stanford-StartX Fund-backed Firefly has raised $30m from investors including GV, with the capital earmarked for expansion in regional markets including New York City.

Thrive will commercialise a blood test for multiple early-stage cancers based on research at Johns Hopkins University, following a series A round backed by Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.