Global University Venturing

Purdue Ag-celerator Fund has injected capital into farming robot developer Rogo Ag, which is aiming to make farming more efficient by reducing errors in soil sampling.

Stanford-StartX Fund-backed Firefly has raised $30m from investors including GV, with the capital earmarked for expansion in regional markets including New York City.

Thrive will commercialise a blood test for multiple early-stage cancers based on research at Johns Hopkins University, following a series A round backed by Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

Precision MedCare will take its machine learning-powered liver fibrosis diagnosis platform to China for early-stage testing with a view to securing regulatory approval.

Kytopen, the developer of a cell therapy manufacturing platform based on MIT research, has been backed by MIT’s The Engine for a second time.

UVC Partners has returned to back TUM battery management software spinout Twaice's latest seed round, after featuring in the company's inaugural transaction in September 2018.

Biotech developers Animated Dynamics, Predictive Wear and Brightlamp have all secured commitments worth up to $250,000 from Foundry Investment Fund.

Road freight documentation platform Vector has closed its Congruent Ventures-backed series A at $12m, adding $2m to the initial close reported last month.

Columbia University has granted a new licence to its cardiovascular research platform spinout Tara Biosystems, which markets services powered by is "heart-on-a-chip" tissue modelling system.

NTU Singapore and Intellectual Ventures have set up a spinout to commercialise a blockchain-powered logistics network for 3D printed parts.

The university's new $100m Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering will aim to kindle the advancement of novel technologies in partnership with the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.