Global University Venturing

Air transit assistance system startup SkyRyse has accrued $25m in seed and series A funding from investors including Stanford University.

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A month after Sutro closed an $85.4m series E round, the cancer drug developer, based on research at Stanford, has filed for a $75m initial public offering.

KTH foot scanner technology spinout Volumental has secured cash from Forward VC, Walerud Ventures and Moor Capital after previously closing a seed round in 2014.

Epigenomics services provider Epinomics, co-founded by Stanford University faculty and alumni, has been bought by 10x Genomics in a transaction which enables StartX to exit.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals has led a series B round for Genomics, a spinout from University of Oxford that also attracted Oxford Sciences Innovation and IP Group.

Food chain monitoring technology developer TeleSense has secured University of California-backed Congruent Ventures as an investor.

DataChemist has spun out from Trinity College Dublin with support from University Bridge Fund to commercialise an analytics platform for disorganised data.

Lidar technology developer Blickfeld has secured a $5.7m extension from investors including Unternehmertum Venture Capital Partners to bring its seed round to $10m.

Princeton and Spelman College are among the investors in 645 Ventures' $40m fund, targeting segments such as online marketplaces and digitally-native consumer brands.

Baxter Ventures has participated in a series D round for Outset Medical, a spinout of Oregon State University.