Global University Venturing

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

Towson University's early-stage spinouts could secure $10,000 of grant funding in an eight-week accelerator provisionally slated for summer 2020.

AI-as-a-service provider Intellifusion attracted Tsinghua University’s investment arm for a round that will fund product development and marketing.

Main Sequence Ventures returned to co-lead Myriota's series B round, bringing the University of South Australia spinout's total funding to more than $37m.

University of Helsinki will invest $10,800 to $54,000 in its student-founded businesses through the newly-launched Helseed initiative.

University of Bristol quantum computing spinout PsiQuantum has collected $215m in funding from investors including Microsoft.

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

Katrin Salchert, previously vice-president for knowledge and tech transfer at BTU Cottbus, has been appointed rector of HTW Dresden.

UW spinout OctoML increased its funding total to $18.9m after securing series A capital from existing investors Madrona Venture Group and Amplify Partners.

The UCL and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research spinout has collected $125m from investors including existing shareholder Vives Louvain Technology Fund.

CapitalG returned for a late-stage round that pushed VUB spinout Collibra’s total funding beyond $345m and boosted its valuation to $2.3bn.