Global University Venturing

As MedWhat scores an initial win in its courtroom battle with Stanford, Paige.ai finds itself in the middle of allegations that its licensing deal with Sloan Kettering was improper.

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Novo has co-led a series B round together with Omega Funds for Morphic Therapeutic, based on research by Harvard professor Timothy Springer.

Software bug checking developer Code Intelligence spun out of University of Bonn in 2017 and has now been backed by HTGF and Digital Hub Bonn.

Chalmers-backed Swedish Algae Factory hopes to commercialise silicon materials made from a subtype of algae with qualities favourable to trapping light and blocking UV rays.

CUNY-born digital olfaction technology developer MouSensor will receive funding and expertise from nanoelectronics institute Imec's investment fund.

Ken Porter and Stan Smith have joined UMCP’s office of technology ommercialisation as director and venture investment manager respectively.

University of Iowa's medical diagnostics spinout IDx has collected $33m from investors including Optum, bringing the company’s total to $48m.

State-wide innovation hubs under the banner of Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization will receive money from the Michigan Strategic Fund.

Founded out of Université catholique de Louvain and Wageningen University research, A-Mansia Biotech hopes to commercialise nutritional supplements for patients at heightened cardio-metabolic risk.

Oxford University Innovation expects to form 10 spinouts each year from an initiative for impact-led businesses.