Global University Venturing

University of Utah autism diagnosis service provider Lineagen has been snapped up in a transaction worth at least $9.6m in cash, stocks and liabilities.

UT Dallas spinout Cersci Therapeutics has been acquired in a deal potentially worth nearly $940m, including a $52.5m upfront payment.

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

TearClear has raised $34.8m to date to fund an anti-preservative eye drop technology invented at University of Florida.

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

Alex Stockham, communications manager at In-Part, looks at the university-industry collaborations working towards ending the pandemic and considers how Covid-19 might change tech transfer operations.

Scienion has agreed to a cash and share acquisition by Cellink two decades after emerging from Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics.

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

Hans Wigzell has resigned as chairman of Karolinska Institute’s investment firm after serving 14 years on the board of directors.

Tsinghua-backed Rokae is working on lightweight robots with a wide range of applications and has now raised $43.5m altogether.