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Global University Venturing

Century assimilates Empirica Therapeutics

University of Toronto and McMaster University-founded glioblastoma Car T-cell therapy developer Empirca Therapeutics has been acquired by Century Therapeutics.


Jul 16, 2020

Revitope to revel in $10m investment

University of Birmingham's cancer immunotherapy developer Revitope Oncology secured equity funding as part of a $160m alliance with Junshi Biosciences.

Jul 16, 2020

Daily deal net: July 15, 2020

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

Jul 15, 2020

Kiyo Learning gets IPO qualification

The online employee and further education provider has listed on TSE’s Mothers Market, allowing Tokyo Institute of Technology to exit.

Jul 15, 2020

Mercia portfolio value shrinks

The investment firm saw its portfolio net value decrease but said assets under management had risen by more than 50% during the 2019-2020 financial year.

Jul 15, 2020

Snorkel AI retrieves $15m

GV and In-Q-Tel joined Greylock Partners in the first announced funding round for Snorkel AI, a machine learning development spinout from Stanford.

Jul 15, 2020

Daily deal net: July 14, 2020

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

Jul 14, 2020

Woodford joins Juno Capital

Neil Woodford has reportedly joined former WIM chief executive Craig Newman at Juno Capital to form a portfolio of unquoted healthcare stocks.

Jul 14, 2020

Solugen soldiers on to win $30.2m

MIT-founded biochemical water treatment company Solugen has increased its funding total to at least $48.7m.

Jul 14, 2020

Oxford spinouts net $458m in funding

The second quarter total is up from $185m the previous year and $392m quarter-on-quarter despite coronavirus-driven pressures.

Jul 14, 2020

Paige pings investors for extra series B cash

Memorial Sloan Kettering spinout Paige’s series B total stands at $70m following a third tranche featuring Goldman Sachs and Healthcare Venture Partners.

Jul 13, 2020

Schwarz trades TU Dresden for Saxony's lottery

Frank Schwarz will become managing director of Saschenlotto on October 1, ending his current role within innovation at TU Dresden.

Jul 13, 2020
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