Northwell Health has teamed up with venture studio Aegis Ventures to form a platform which will seed AI-powered healthcare technology developers.

Alcon was among the participants in a round representing the first funding to be disclosed by the cellular ophthalmology therapeutics developer.

The software automation technology provider has agreed to be taken over by Perforce having raised $127m from investors including Alphabet, Cisco and VMWare.

Exploiting research conducted at Kyoto Prefecture University of Medicine, Aurion Biotech is focusing on therapies that can restore vision.

Yale Ventures has been launched to oversee the university’s innovation and entrepreneurship activities, including the tech transfer office.

Recombinant protein technology provider Healthgen netted over $87m while shared living space provider Hmlet is buying corporate-backed peer Habyt and Uniswap Labs is launching an investment vehicle.

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

The Global University Venturing deal net rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem.

Osage University Partners is looking to secure $350m for its fourth fund.

Sony and Lego owner Kirkbi each supplied $1bn in funding for the video game publisher and technology provider, valuing it at $31.5bn.