Global University Venturing

Sue Siegel, former CEO of GE Ventures, has been selected as chairwoman of the MIT-affiliated fund and accelerator.

China-based education services provider Beijing Logicreation Information & Technology, which counts internet company Tencent among its backers, filed for a RMB1.04bn ($152m) IPO on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange’s ChiNext board in September.

University of Milan spinout Wise is a developer of low-invasive neuromodulation implants for treating pain and neurological disorders.

Three Pulsalys businesses in healthcare and consumer feature in the first intake, run in partnership with local incubator Les Premières Aura.

Zhejiang University-backed optical chip maker XY Technology will put the series B cash to strengthening its capacity and product.

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

Shanghai Jiao Tong University is among the limited partners in a $73m fund raised by Qiming spinoff Inspiration Capital.

Bell Food Group and M Ventures have contributed to an initial $55m series B tranche for the cultured meat developer spun out of Maastricht University.

Duke University's TTO processed a record number of patents and invention disclosures, and also reported growth at its digital innovations unit.

4490 Ventures, a VC firm aligned to University of Wisconsin-Madison, backed a series A extension intended to advance in-venue digital marketing technology company UpShow's product and recruitment plans.

Vanessa Wood, a professor at ETH Zurich specialised in electrical engineering, will now also supervise the university's approach to knowledge transfer and corporate relations.