Cliff Michaels has wrapped up 13 years at Emory University to direct Georgia State University's Office of Technology Licensing and Commercialization.

Pear's third seed fund stands at more than twice the size of its precursor, having secured the continued backing of University of Chicago.

Wearable health monitor developer Current Health secured $11.5m in a Legal & General-backed round that took its total funding to nearly $22m.

Inscripta has now accumulated more than $259m altogether from investors including Institut Mérieux, and will use the capital to further expand its genome engineering platform.

OSF HealthCare-backed Regroup Telehealth has merged with fellow psychiatric services provider InSight Telepsychiatry having raised more than $19m in funding.

Arcadia, the operator of a clean energy-sourcing platform for domestic use, boosted its overall equity funding to more than $62m in a Mitsui USA-backed round.

Airbnb and Comcast both supplied a share of the funding, which the temporary accommodation provider raised at a $205m post-money valuation.

Ascension Ventures was among the participants in the first close of neurovascular catheter developer Imperative Care's series C round, which it expects to close at $85m.

Volvo's corporate venturing unit has contributed an undisclosed sum to mobility-focused venture capital firm Autotech Ventures, whose exits include Lyft and Deepscale.

Dinesh Divakaran has become director for digital innovations at Duke University's TTO, building on four years as associate director.