Global University Venturing

Based on research at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Modag has launched out of stealth with $14m in series A funding.

Cancer Research UK has partnered SV Health Investors to launch a $250m commercialisation fund, building on their successful collaborations before in establishing Artios and Kudos.

Immuno-oncology therapy developer Century Therapeutics has emerged from stealth, having been established by Versant Ventures to advance Stanford and Harvard research.

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

Carrie Thome, the chief investment officer of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, has left the tech transfer organisation after 18 years.

ConnectM Technology has acquired the smart vent maker for an undisclosed sum in a deal that handed an exit to NYU Innovation Fund.

Ahren Innovation Capital, co-founded by eight Cambridge, UK, researchers, has reached its final close, having attracted limited partners including Unilever, Sky and Aviva.

Tao Mantaras, co-founder and chief financial officer of BibliU, tells GUV editor Thierry Heles how his company is fundamentally changing academic publishing and the learning experience.

FastBridge Learning spun out of University of Minnesota in 2015 and has been picked up by edtech firm Illuminate Education.

Penn spinout Exyn Technologies has closed a $16m series A round backed by IP Group to accelerate the development of its AI software for drones.

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