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Global University Venturing
Daily deal net: May 28, 2020
Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
May 28, 2020AbCellera accelerates with $105m
University of Minnesota has invested in UBC spinout AbCellera's series B round that also included Eli Lilly.
May 28, 2020Pliant places IPO terms
Existing investor Novartis has committed to a $10m private placement alongside the IPO, in which the fibrosis therapy developer, based on UCSF research, is set to raise up to $96m.
May 28, 2020Apple picks up Inductiv
Apple has bought Inductiv to integrate the latter's machine learning data cleanup expertise, based on Stanford, Wisconsin-Madison and Waterloo faculty innovations.
May 28, 2020CFS fuses $84m with series A2
MIT's fusion energy spinout Commonwealth Fusion Systems secured the return of The Engine and Eni for a $84m series A2 round that followed a $115m series A last year.
May 28, 2020U-M taps Deerfield for Great Lakes Discoveries
University of Michigan has become the latest academic institution to strike a $130m fund partnership with Deerfield Management.
May 28, 2020ID Connect links up with Ilúm Health
UPMC's ID Connect has absorbed Merck & Co's Ilúm Health Solutions to boost its client base and services offering.
May 28, 2020Wallin chimes to become Chalmers Ventures CEO
Almi Väst's Sara Wallin has been selected to lead Chalmers Ventures and will take over from acting CEO Gunnar Fernström in December 2020.
May 27, 2020Daily deal net: May 27, 2020
Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
May 27, 2020University of Haifa sparks student-run venture fund
Fresh.Fund has joined forces with University of Haifa to launch a student-run university seed fund, following up its prior collaboration with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
May 27, 2020Inivata invokes $25m from NeoGenomics
CRUK and Cambridge precision cancer diagnostics spinout Inivata has secured $25m from NeoGenomics as part of a deal that includes an acquisition option.
May 27, 2020Statespace locks in $15m
NYU-founded cognitive skills building software developer Statespace secured investors including Khosla Ventures to bring its overall funding to $19m.
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