The Birmingham spinout is entering the final stages of testing for its semiconductor technology.

Hamburg Innovation and the municipal government have launched a range of initiatives to bolster the local ecosystem, with a total of $3.7m being made available.

Alison Campbell, director at Knowledge Transfer Ireland, has become the first representative from outside North America to chair Association of University Technology Managers.

Orange Digital Ventures, General Electric and Deutsche Telekom all took part as the Ben-Gurion University spinout added to its $7m series A.

Stanford University is set to exit the cancer immunotherapy developer, which has filed for a $100m initial public offering.

The US-based protein purification technology developer shifted its manufacturing base to North Carolina two years ago and has now secured three licences from NC State.