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.

Previously backed by Stanford University, Origin has now raised a total of $12.3m to support its modular and interoperable approach to 3D printing.

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

Penn spinout Cabaletta Bio’s first funding round includes university investment and it will use the cash to develop T-cell drugs for autoimmune diseases including pemphigus vulgaris.

Unnamed university endowments have put funding into Material Impact’s inaugural vehicle, which will incubate materials businesses including spinouts in industries such as energy, transportation and healthcare.

Symantec Ventures has exited mobile cybersecurity platform developer Appthority in an acquisition of undisclosed size by its parent company.

SoftBank Ventures Korea, which previously led a $2.1m seed round for Rael six months ago, has returned to contribute to a $17.5m series A alongside GS Retail Fund.

In this short piece, we provide a comparison of our GCV Analytics data with Pitchbook’s data up until the end of the third quarter of 2018.

Ayar Labs has raised $24m to commercialise its technology that enables data transmission using light, based on research at MIT and CU Boulder.

Mercia Technologies has hired Marcus Henderson to support its continuing expansion of operations in Scotland.