Global University Venturing

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

India-based challenger university Atria University has launched a VC fund contest for aspiring students aged from 16 to 18.

The SoftBank Vision Fund I, the $100bn investment vehicle of telecoms conglomerate SoftBank, and VC firm Sequoia Capital China have committed an additional $200m to China-based automotive e-commerce platform Chehaoduo, bringing its series D round to $1.7bn

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

GV has invested in Ventus Therapeutics, an immunotherapy developer co-founded by faculty from multiple academic institutions.

The fund is expected to close by year end with LPs including Wageningen University, TU Delft, University of Twente and Eindhoven University of Technology.

UC Berkeley-aligned generalised robotics software developer Covariant, which emerged from stealth in January, has now assembled at least $67m of funding.

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

Princeton University-aligned Fitz Gate Ventures has backed a total of 15 companies since 2015 and has secured one exit to date.

Novo Holdings has joined the early-stage consortium of Praxis Precision, a gene therapy business co-founded by faculty from Columbia and Melbourne universities.

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