NetScientific has exited its loss-making portfolio companies Vortex and Wanda after originally deciding to close the two medical diagnostics ventures last week.

GreenMark’s dental treatments will be developed in partnership with University of Michigan, which has backed the company’s two-tranche seed round through its Mints Fund.

The firm’s portfolio fell to a $61.8m net loss during 2018 amid difficult market conditions for listed small-cap businesses and the consolidation of its former peer Touchstone Innovations.

TU Berlin spinout IPlytics has collected several million dollars from investors including High-Tech Gründerfonds to expand into the US, South Korea and Japan.

University of Delaware-backed science incubator Delaware Innovation Space has started a VC vehicle called First Fund offering startups up to $75,000 in convertible notes.

York University's LaunchYU accelerator has propelled previous participants to more than $9.3m in external capital combined since launching in 2014.

Meyer Burger picked up an 18% share in solar film manufacturing spinout Oxford PV, following a recent $41m first series D close for the spinout.

Infosys will contribute $10m to the second House Fund, which is targeting a $50m close to back UC Berkeley-linked businesses with a focus on AI.

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The funding will be funnelled into an unnamed p53 suppressor-focused oncology Weizmann spinout and ultrasound guidance device maker On-Sight Medical.