Ideation Studio@UH will welcome an initial cohort of four to five participants and will offer up to $25,000 in milestone-based seed funding.

MassMutual Ventures was among the participants as Zluri became the latest software-as-a-service management platform developer to raise money.

Raw materials provider Vital Thin Film secured $188m in a round co-led by BYD while drug developers CinCor and Vigil raised a total of $292m in their initial public offerings.

A roundup of exits, including IPOs and acquisitions, across the tech transfer ecosystem.

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

All existing shareholders including Alexandria Venture Investments contributed to the RNA drug developer’s series B round, following a $91.5m series A in mid-2020.

Comcast Ventures and BDMI are set to record profitable exits through the deal, showing the new models of digital media can still make for inviting investments.

All existing shareholders contributed to the Marine Biological Laboratory spinout’s series B round, following a $91.5m series A in mid-2020.

Manulife and Shell helped the solar power provider raise the cash as Exelon-backed residential solar energy supplier PosiGen secured $100m, showing continuing interest in the solar power space.

Nexon has invested $400m in film and television studio Agbo while responsible credit card provider Petal raised $140m in an Encore Bank and Cuna Mutual-backed round.