Tel Aviv and Tsinghua universities are launching a $300m joint research project.

Uniseed as well as angel investors are part of the seed round.

The Australian university enters a binding memorandum of understanding with Bora Bora Resources.

The company has reportedly now raised about $220m, after closing a round backed by Swire Pacific, Coca-Cola, Danone and Alpla.

Samsung's corporate venturing unit made its second investment in nanowire producer Cambrios, which has now raised almost $80m in funding.

Impetux Optics is a 2012 spin-out of the institution.

Space Expedition Corporation led the first close of the fledgling aerospace technology developer's series B round, raised after a $5m round in 2012.

The corporate-backed fund has profitably divested stakes in transmission electron microscopy company Kontem and LED lighting product maker LEDexchange.