Plans have emerged for an Illinois State University-run incubator offering broader entrepreneurial supports than a previous scheme closed in 2016.

Datagrid has lured capital from University of Tokyo's VC spinout Deep 30 as it prepares for the imminent launch of a game based on its deep learning-powered technology.

Oil and gas exploration company Woodside Energy was sufficiently intrigued in its earlier development pact with ECU-founded Sapien Cyber to purchase a 10% stake.

Utec joined Dentsu in the fine art providence blockchain creator’s latest round, after supplying $900,000 of seed capital in July 2018.

Stanford-StartX has contributed to a $58m series B for AR platform Mojo Vision, which also attracted Google, HP, Motorola Solutions, LG and Kakao.

DTU-owned PreSeed Ventures joined Bose Ventures in occupational voice guidance technology developer Whispr’s round, which will help the startup double its headcount.

Mac Panther Materials will operate as a subsidiary of manufacturing machinery supplier Mac Panther on the back of a spinout agreement with Saarland University.

TAU-founded Qart Medical has been backed by the university’s Technology Innovation Momentum Fund and Chartered Investment Managers, itself a partner in TAU Ventures.

Embattled commercialisation firm NetScientific is closing two medical diagnostics spinouts from UCLA after both failed to attract external funding.

Katherine Ku has become a chief licensing adviser at law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati after calling time on more than 27 years at Stanford’s OTL in June 2018.