News agency Reuters has released its annual ranking of the top 100 most innovative institutions across the world and recognised Stanford University as the top achiever for the third year running.

Nucana secured nearly $100m in its flotation on Nasdaq, slightly below its target of $115m, though its shares had climbed from an opening price of $15 to $18.37 by the end of the week.

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Apple has acquired the wireless charging technology developer, spun out of University of Auckland in 2007.

Stanford-StartX has contributed to a seed round for Scoutible, which uses machine learning technology to improve the recruitment process.

The deep learning technology developer has raised $40m in a series A+ round from a consortium including Samsung and Ant Financial.

The University of Warwick spinout is developing treatments for respiratory conditions such as influenza.

Delphi Automotive will pay $400m upfront for MIT spinout Nutonomy, with earn-outs of approximately $50m.

Zeetta Networks and Kets Quantum Security will have access to capital and mentoring for their wireless network and encryption technology respectively.