Mapúa University has secured Philippine government support to set up the second of the Technology Licensing Office, the second of three planned tech transfer and innovation departments.

Rare disease diagnosis technology developer Centogene is gearing up for an IPO having spun out from Rostock in 2006 and raised $28.5m of equity funding in 2017.

Honda, Panasonic and Omron are among the limited partners of NordicNinja VC’s inaugural fund, which has identified several university ecosystems in northern Europe as offering opportunities.

University of Michigan will supply an initial $2.75m in funding to MemryX, Ripple Science, GreenMark Biomedical, and Give and Take, and could invest as much as $20m altogether.

SetSquared-affiliated health test kit supplier Forth has procured capital from investors including Development Bank of Wales, adding to a crowdfunding campaign in 2017.

Matthew Mead has resurfaced at Mobeus Equity Partners as a venture partner ten months after stepping down as chief investment officer of Mercia Technologies.

Neuspera Medical has secured a $12m extension to bring its series B round to the targeted $26m close, with all investors from the first tranche returning.

Cell conversion technology developer Mogrify's founding team includes representation from the universities of Bristol and Monash, as well as Duke University - NUS Medical School.

Listings Ledger has spun out from the university to commercialise a real-time valuation ticker for privately-owned companies.

The energy supplier's corporate venturing subsidiary has put an undisclosed sum into Oxford's smart water boiler spinout Mixergy.