Global University Venturing

Rosalind Franklin University has kicked off a bioscience incubator by welcoming its first two residents, while also announcing the appointment of Rosalind Franklin as its president and CEO.

University of Cambridge-allied accelerator Start Codon has appointed Daniel Rooke and Sakura Holloway to its team, as it prepares to select the first five projects for its initial cohort.

Quantum computing technology spinout IQM Finland’s scientific operation is helmed by the professor who launched Aalto University’s quantum computing devices group.

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

A host of individuals connected with the e-commerce industry have supplied capital, enabling Stanford-linked company Bolt to target its next phase of expansion.

Purdue’s commercialisation unit witnessed the equivalent of almost one invention per day during the 2018-2019 fiscal year, spawning 48 new business of which 17 were based on the university’s research.

VTC Innovation Fund contributed to a series B round for weather forecasting satellite constellation developer PlanetIQ, with the cash set to help it launch 20 microsatellites by 2021.

UC Berkeley has chosen professor of finance Richard Lyons for the newly-created position of chief innovation and entrepreneurship officer.

Fidelity Management & Research has led a $325m series B round for Biontech, a spinout of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz whose backers also include Sanofi and Pfizer.

Third Rock contributed to a $100m series C round for UIC's cancer drug developer Revolution that brought its total to $226m.

Building on UC Berkeley research, cybersecurity software company Menlo Security has now raised approximately $150m altogether.