Finance for Business North East invests $173,000 in Hexislab, a company using machine learning to identify compounds for skincare.

The data analytics firm has landed its first strategic investment in a potentially record deal for Southeast Asia.

Tsinghua University's accelerator program backs food delivery service Xia Baby, which focuses on crayfish.

A universal flu vaccine developed by Oxford spinout Vaccitech shows promising results in trials as the firm launches with a $14.5m seed round.

Carnegie Mellon University spinout and Google Lunar Xprize competitor Astrobotic raises $2.5m as it plans to take personal mementos to the moon to claim Google's award.

IP Group has invested in Consequential Robotics as the company is spun out of Sheffield University.