Spun out of ETH Zurich, the logistics technology developer has secured $35.2m from DiaMedCare to roll out its upgraded supply chain-monitoring sensors.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

Masatoshi Ueno, who was part of GCV's 2017 Powerlist, has departed from Asahi Glass where he had been a senior manager at its AGC Ventures unit for nearly eight years to join Komatsu.

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Dublin City University pollution monitoring platform developer Ambisense has secured capital from investors including the University Bridge Fund.

Innovate UK and Longwall Ventures have put up seed capital for Warwick-founded Verdel Instruments, which hopes to commercialise a benchtop-sized lab instrument for conducting two-dimensional mass spectrometry.

Purdue Ag-celerator Fund has injected capital into farming robot developer Rogo Ag, which is aiming to make farming more efficient by reducing errors in soil sampling.

Road freight documentation platform Vector has closed its Congruent Ventures-backed series A at $12m, adding $2m to the initial close reported last month.

NTU Singapore and Intellectual Ventures have set up a spinout to commercialise a blockchain-powered logistics network for 3D printed parts.

The university's new $100m Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering will aim to kindle the advancement of novel technologies in partnership with the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.