TUM spinout Kiutra has secured seed funding to ramp up operations for its cyrogenic cooling technology, which it regards as the answer to the problem of industrial-scale quantum manufacturing.

HTGF and Consantia Industries have pumped funding into EPFL spinout Neural Concept, which believes its deep learning technology will reduce lead times for manufacturers of physical goods.

Several university investors lined up to support sensory film supplier Forcen's seed round, with the proceeds allocated towards an expansion in production capacity and headcount.

Aces has obtained a eight-figure amount from University of Tokyo-focused venture fund Deep30, which mainly backs AI technologies from the university's Matsuo Lab.

UCL Technology Fund and Parkwalk Advisors have backed UCL and Bristol-founded quantum computing software developer Phasecraft.

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

Free-roam VR experience technology company Holodeck VR has been backed by ProSiebenSat.1 Media, raising the prospect of business development collaborations with the corporate's television networks.

Sheffield cell therapy spinout Rinri secured corporate backing from Boehringer Ingelheim and UCB in a seed round that will drive work on stem cell-based treatments for hearing loss.

Lenovo Capital and Incubator Group returned to back Semidrive in a nine-figure renminbi round, after previously investing in the automotive-focused chipmaker last year.

The Parkwalk-managed co-investment fund has supplied Cambridge cancer therapy spinout PolyProx Therapeutics with capital, augmenting a $4.4m seed round for the latter announced earlier this month.