The fund will back student-founded startups in Wisconsin under the management of a former member of UW-Madison's Office of Industrial Partnerships.

University of Arkansas's vice-chancellor or research and innovation will depart this winter to be replaced by John English, dean of the College of Engineering.

MGE Energy, Capital Times and Johnsonville Ventures all contributed to the $6m first close of the Wisconsin student-focused venture fund.

GV participated in a round that increased the on-demand healthcare service's overall funding to $107m, with the cash to go to expanding its operations.

SR One, AbbVie Ventures, Takeda Ventures and Pfizer Ventures all returned for the cancer and inflammatory disease drug developer's series B.

Blue Venture Fund took part in a $61.8m round for the testing services provider, and managing director Anna Haghgooie will join PWNHealth’s board.

Carrie Hurwitz Williams has been promoted from principal while Jennifer Carter will add the role to her vice-president of portfolio development, marketing and venture operations position.

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

CMU's warehouse vehicle manufacturer Seegrid has more than doubled its latest round to $52m, building on an initial $25m from G2VP six months ago.

Graphite Bio's first drug program will target sickle cell anaemia based on innovations in DNA editing from Stanford University.