Global University Venturing

HTGF and Bayern Kapital were among the investors for the TUM engineering design software spinout, with the series C funding going to product development and operational expansion.

Oxford Sciences Innovation has bid farewell to chairman Patrick Pichette, just a few months after also losing CEO Charles Conn.

Paris Saclay Seed Fund and all other existing backers returned for the series B round, which additionally attracted Tsinghua University’s TUS Holdings.

Cornes, 3M Ventures and Repsol Energy Ventures contributed to a round that increased the VTT-founded in-mold structural electronics provider's total funding to more than $59m.

Sonoma Biotherapeutics has emerged from stealth with $40m to develop regulatory T-cell therapies for autoimmune and degenerative diseases.

The annual UC pitch session returned to the GCVI Summit, with chosen startups including BioTrillion, Cayuga Biotech, EVT, FarmSense and TomoCredit.

The deep tech-focused commercialisation vehicle currently has 10 portfolio companies having smashed its original $54.8m fundraising target.

Wipro Ventures was given an exit from email security software developer Emailage, which was acquired by LexisNexis Risk Solutions. The sizeable exit is part of the wider cybersecurity space, which has received much attention by corporates over the past decade.

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

Wade Lange is Purdue Research Foundation's new vice-president and chief entrepreneurial officer, having previously served as Purdue Foundry's entrepreneur-in-residence.

EPFL-founded tissue analysis technology developer Lunaphore has now raised $37.3m in all after a series C round led by medical products firm PHC Holdings.