The Notre Dame Pit Road Fund will provide an early funding platform to technologies and businesses accredited by the university’s Idea Center.

Rutgers University was among a string of limited partners for the growth equity firm's ninth fund, which was oversubscribed from its $300m target.

Michigan materials spinout Ecovia Renewables has secured capital from the university's Mints fund to take its total to $1.6m.

Based on research at MIT, Accion Systems has received corporate backing from Boeing to develop more nimble and efficient propulsion for spacecraft.

University of Maryland-founded artificial lung developer Breethe is targeting $5m for its latest round after previously raising approximately $7.8m.

The George Washington spinout had previously raised $4.1m in equity for its low-voltage implantable cardiac defibrillator.

UC Berkeley’s SkyDeck accelerator has secured an exit as schoolwork assessment technology developer Gradescope was acquired by Turnitin.

Cybersecurity technology developer Garrison has received $5m from IP Group after being backed by Touchstone in 2015 and 2017.

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University of Virginia Seed Fund returned to back industrial cybersecurity spinout Mission Secure in a round co-led by Chevron Technology Ventures and Energy Innovation Capital.