USC Marshall Venture Fund supplied an undisclosed amount of pre-seed funding for talent booking platform Engage, which was founded by two USC students.

Crowdfunding platform Readyfor has unveiled its first funding round, with investors including Globis, since launching from the wings of Tokyo internet services spinout Ohma in 2014.

University of Tokyo-founded VC firm Deep 30 has pumped money into apparel industry services provider Liaro, which will use the cash to ramp up recruitment and R&D.

Emesent spun out from Csiro earlier this year to market an underground drone that could help mining firms build an improved picture of their operations.

University of Auckland’s commercialisation arm is among the latest backers for drone technology developer Dotterel, which raised approximately $500,000 last year.

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

Fujifilm, Olympus and TechMatrix were among the participants in a round that boosted medical imaging technology spinout LPixel's funding to $35m altogether.

Bristol spinout Vitamica has closed a seed round with the backing of University of Bristol Enterprise Fund II and Wyvern Seed Fund.

UCLA spinout Hypothermia Devices graduated from a university-based accelerator in February and is now commercialising body temperature management devices for the medical and athletics markets.

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