Global University Venturing

Solar Flow has began work on a hybrid solar photovoltaic-thermal energy system that boosts efficiency by allowing the two components to operate at different temperatures.

Alberta-founded renewable fuel producer Forge Hydrocarbons hopes its lipids-based fuels will provide a cleaner alternative to petrol.

The KCL immuno-oncology spinout’s second series A close included investment from UCL Technology Fund, Alsa Holding and Epidarex Capital.

PalaeoPi, which began operations almost a year ago, is developing a photogrammetry-powered 3D scanner called MKIII TablePi for purposes including archaeology.

Tactiva, an immuno-oncology spinout of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and based at University of Buffalo, will use the funding to drive its development program.

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Synthetic silk developer Spiber spun out of Keio University in 2007 and has now raised a total of more than $260m.

IP Group and its Venture Fund II have pumped more cash into Bristol's haptics technology developer Ultrahaptics to take the spinout’s total to $84.3m.

Karolinska Institute-founded anti-cancer therapy developer Aprea Therapeutics has now raised more than $100m of funding.

University of Twente-founded MyLife Technologies will commercialise a microneedle-based dermal patch for administering therapeutic compounds.

Loyalty Prime has been backed by the VC affiliate of Technical University of Munich’s Unternehmertum as it builds the international profile of its loyalty scheme management software.