Global University Venturing

Sales productivity software platform Ciara has won the backing of TUM-allied venture firm UVC Partners in a round that will support continued development of its software.

Sioux Technologies co-led SamanTree’s series A round, which will support marketing of the EPFL spinout’s subcellular resolution microscopy scanner for surgical cancer interventions.

TUM automated legal analysis spinout Rfrnz has secured backing from Unternehmertum-operated Initiative for Industrial Innovations, HTGF and unnamed additional investors.

TU Dresden-founded drug discovery platform operator Dynabind has advanced research from the lab of Yixin Zhang in the university’s B Cube Center for Molecular Bioengineering.

Psyomics has added an undisclosed seed sum to capital previously raised from Parkwalk Advisors-managed vehicles Opportunities Fund and University of Cambridge Enterprise Fund.

The funding, provided by investors including Qbic, will allow VUB and VIB spinout Confo Therapeutics to accelerate its drug discovery efforts and move towards clinical trials.

Csiro Innovation Fund joined Westpac-backed Reinventure to co-lead cybersecurity platform creator Kasada’s latest round, which will help fund recruitment and international expansion.

A consortium involving public-private partnership HTGF has supplied funding to University of Bremen spinout Mirdetect to help a molecular diagnostics blood draw for testicular cancer.

University of Twente-founded cartilage repair injection developer Hy2Care is currently targeting orthopaedic knee applications in veterinary and human healthcare settings.

The university faces accusations it used Stanford-StartX Fund to illegally pursue a profit-led investment strategy while using its own funds and personnel to protect the applicability of its tax exemptions as a nonprofit institution.

Regenerative implant producer OssDsign, based on research at Karolinska University Hospital and Uppsala University, hopes to list on the Nasdaq First North and raise $15.8m.