Global University Venturing

Parkwalk Advisors is lining up investment to fund series C rounds for 10 of its portfolio companies, including spinouts of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

Braavos Capital has emerged as the largest shareholder in OSI, having picked up stakes from IP Group, Invesco and Woodford Investment Management.

The fourth fund of ULB’s venture unit now stands at $41.2m having extended its investment purview to include spinouts in Quebec.

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

VR mental health software developer Oxford VR secured the return of both OUI and OSI to increase its funding to more than $17m.

Parimal Nathwani has been promoted to president and CEO of Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners, as GUV Powerlist awardee Raphael Hofstein retires.

D1 Capital Partners has led a series E round for Outset Medical, pushing the OSU dialysis device spinout’s overall funding to more than $430m.

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

The genomic drug developer, spun out of Harvard University, has completed its initial public offering, boosting its size from $180m to $207m.

Simran Trana, at one point a director of Purdue’s Office of Technology Commercialization has joined the Indiana University Innovation and Commercialization Office as associate vice-president.

Kirsten Leute has been promoted to partner for university relations, having driven an increase in OUP's academic partnerships from 75 to more than 100.