Azafaros has licensed intellectual property from Leiden University and Amsterdam UMC's Academic Medical Centre to target lysosomal storage disorders.

University of New Mexico tempted all 11 new spinouts in 2017-18 to remain in the state, a marked improvement on the four companies that chose to remain during the previous year.

SMK Diagnostics is developing a sensor that can detect mosquito-borne diseases more quickly and cheaply than alternative methods.

Chip developer Tusk IC has been spun out from KU Leuven with capital provided by the Gemma Frisius Fund.

University of Queensland has taken the wraps off Pure Battery Technologies, which will commercialise technology to extract nickel and cobalt from low grade ores.

Charles University Innovation Prague will have an annual budget of at least $135,000 over five years to establish spinouts and license IP.

FaceSoft has been officially spun out after winning $12,800 in proof-of-concept funding in a university business competition last year.

Oncological treatment software developer Ziliomics has raised an undisclosed sum from Fight Against Cancer Innovation Trust, a commercialisation partner of OICR.

The spinout will use a chemical processing machine invented at Flinders University to produce nanomaterials such as graphene and carbon nanotubes.