Newly-launched ULB oncology spinout Epics Therapeutics will aim to develop drugs targeting malignant epigenetic RNA modifications.

Paddy Power Betfair will put up $158m in cash and its US assets to merge with fantasy sports platform FanDuel, a spinout from University of Edinburgh.

StartX-backed food delivery platform Farm Hill has been snapped up by Eat Club for an undisclosed sum, enabling the latter to strengthen its market presence around San Francisco.

The series B funding brought Earth observation satellite maker Iceye’s total to $53m with the help of investors including government-owned Tesi.

Oxford Sciences Innovation has led a $13.4m series A round for Ultromics, an Oxford spinout working on technology to diagnose coronary heart disease.

Palleon Pharmaceuticals, Stanford University & University of Dundee, has been named Technology of the Year by Global University Venturing

Indiana University Research and Technology Corp has been awarded Tech Transfer Unit of the Year by Global University Venturing