Global University Venturing

The CIC-backed clinical genomics platform operator took its series B round to $30.1m following a $17.1m extension that will fund the development of automation and statistical analysis functionality.

VTT and the EIF will anchor Voima Ventures’ fund, which is aiming to raise $56.1m to invest in deep tech businesses based on science and research from the Nordics and Baltics.

Johns Hopkins University has invested in medical transport booking platform Roundtrip, a graduate of JHU-backed accelerator M-1 Ventures.

Cirtemo, which incorporated University of South Carolina-born MagAssemble, has been acquired by Thorlabs for an unspecified amount.

Cambridge Enterprise and CIC featured in cancer therapy developer PolyProx Therapeutics’ seed round, which will coommercialise research from the university’s pharmacology department.

MRCF has kickstarted a fifth fund to make early-stage investments in medical technologies from its network of member research institutions in Australia and New Zealand.

Edtech provider Renaissance has bought UM's early years education assessment provider Early Learning Labs, vindicating twenty years of government-funded research.

UCL bowel cancer diagnostics spinout Odin Vision has attracted the UCL Technology Fund in a round that will support trials of its first computer vision-powered product.

Bpifrance and HTGF are among the investors for Alentis Therapeutics’ series A round, proceeds of which will support the development of a therapy for liver fibrosis and cancer.

Spun out of University of Nantes and research institute Inserm, GoLiver Therapeutics hopes to catalyse a stem cell-based regenerative drug candidate for the treatment of acute and chronic severe liver failure.

Dicronis hopes its microneedle-based device will help clinicians catch impairments in cancer patients’ lymphatic network that cause chronic swelling in the legs, arm of chest.