Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

Thrive will commercialise a blood test for multiple early-stage cancers based on research at Johns Hopkins University, following a series A round backed by Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

Precision MedCare will take its machine learning-powered liver fibrosis diagnosis platform to China for early-stage testing with a view to securing regulatory approval.

Columbia University has granted a new licence to its cardiovascular research platform spinout Tara Biosystems, which markets services powered by is "heart-on-a-chip" tissue modelling system.

NTU Singapore and Intellectual Ventures have set up a spinout to commercialise a blockchain-powered logistics network for 3D printed parts.

The university's new $100m Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering will aim to kindle the advancement of novel technologies in partnership with the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

The fund manager will work with Hungry Jack’s to devise a plant-based version of the latter’s flagship burger, the Whopper, based on Csiro research.

WyoVentures will allow University of Wyoming to manage VC funds while also acting as a conduit to startups from the local ecosystem.

DesertDx has spun out of UA's Tech Launch Arizona to commercialise a comprehensive single blood-draw diagnostics test for lung cancer.

ETH transfer won the GUV Award 2019 for Tech Transfer Unit of the Year.