Collibra, a data governance software spinout of VUB, has closed a $58m series D round to accelerate its expansion plans and product development.

University of Chicago's ClostraBio has won support from two university funding initiatives for its food allergy medication.

Water purification technology developer Acuva will use the funding to expand its manufacturing base and develop additional products for global markets.

The food allergy medicine spinout from UChicago has been backed by the institution itself in a $3.5m seed round.

FluroSat has also received funding from cotton industry-focused public-private partnership CRDC for its remote crop imaging platform.

The Cambridge genomics spinout has secured $5.4m in additional series A funding from drug maker Taiho Pharmaceutical.

KBP Biosciences, which is developing drugs for disease areas of unmet need, raised the series A funds from investors including Cash Capital.

University of Birmingham Enterprise will handle tech transfer activities, manage the $7m Spinout Investment Fund and handle a range of incubation and training services.

The autonomous transportation developer hopes to introduce self-driving shuttle buses to Detroit by the middle of 2018.

Swarm64, a data analytics software producer founded at Humboldt University of Berlin, has raised $12.5m in a round that was co-led by Intel Capital.