Sinvent-backed smartphone camera lens developer PoLight has secured $19m as it looks forward to an initial public offering.

Frontier IP, a subsidiary of commercialisation firm IP Group, gears portfolio firm Alusid up for commercialisation.

Five participants in the internet company's XPrize competition have received a total of $5.25m to spend on developing their space robotics technology.

Singularity University 3D printing spin-out Made in Space reports back initial success from the International Space Station.

Michigan spin-out Elegus announces lithium battery breakthrough using Kevlar nanofibers.

WPX Faserkeramik, a producer of ceramic materials for high-temperature applications, secured funding from the building materials company, along with HTGF.

The US-based company, the manufacturer of floor cleaning robot the Roomba, will invest up to $2m at a time and will fund up to 10 startups each year.

Strathclyde gas analysis spin-out Cascade Technology acquired by US-based Emerson.