Satt Sud-Est spinouts Click4Tag, C4Hydro and C4Biocontrol will merge to boost the commercialisation of microbe monitoring technologies built on research from six institutions.

University of Tokyo’s Utec has extended its foray into Indian VC investments by starting an accelerator in partnership with local venture fund Blume Ventures.

Kao Yuan University's Gintel has created water quality monitoring systems that can provide information on 50 parameters of toxicity and recommend remedies.

Process management technology developer Iconpro was founded out of RWTH Aachen last year and is targeting its services at the manufacturing sector.

BASF Venture Capital has joined Alchemist Accelerator as a limited partner to develop digital technologies in the chemical industry.

University of Virginia spectroscopy spinout BrightSpec has added series B capital from investors including the university's seed fund to an earlier $1.5m sum raised in 2015.

The MIT-founded manufacturing app development spinout has now received more than $31m from investors including Vertex Ventures US, Pitango, NEA and C4 Ventures.

The private equity firm’s latest fund has closed with $2.1bn from backers including endowments for specialty materials, chemicals and pharmaceuticals investments.

Fraunhofer Venture has unveiled an accelerator for businesses based on its research in areas including artificial intelligence, digital medicine and industry 4.0.

Finasucre has taken part in a $125m series C round for Ÿnsect, an agtech developer that breeds insects to use as fish feed and fertiliser.