Global University Venturing

Symbio Robotics has received cash from the UC Berkeley-linked House Fund as it announces its official company launch.

UChicago has once again backed the corner store operator, and the round was co-led by Almanac Insights and Monogram Capital Partners.

The MIT and Harvard-linked contract management platform developer has taken its total funding to more than $55m.

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

Point72 Ventures has led a $90m series C round for Shield AI, whose leadership includes Carnegie Mellon University’s associate research professor Nathan Michael.

UCLouvain spinout Xylowatt has declared bankruptcy after failing to build a market for its technology to convert biomass into energy.

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

Azeria Therapeutics has wound down voluntarily four years after being set up to advance University of Cambridge and Cancer Research UK work.

Stanford-StartX Fund-backed Nearpod has agreed to an acquisition by Renaissance Holding.

Boreal Ventures will invest in deep tech companies emerging from ÉTS Montréal’s incubator Centech and the wider Quebec ecosystem.

South China University of Technology spinout POI-Tech is working on industrial internet applications and will use some of the money to expand R&D activities.