Global University Venturing

Apeel has taken its total funding to $110m after raising $70m in a series C round led by Viking Global Investors.

Multi-million-dollar investments by Anges will help Vasomune progress its peptide-based therapy for blood vessel-related diseases to the clinic.

Real estate electricity trading platform Blueprint Power has been backed by Congruent Ventures, whose limited partners include University of California.

ETH Zurich spinout Rapyuta Robotics has signed up investors including Sony Innovation Fund for a $9.5m cash injection, two years after raising $10m from SBI Investments.

The computer vision technology spinout from ETH Zurich has secured $30m in a GV-led round that included NGP Capital, bringing its total funding to $43m.

IP Group recorded a $24m loss in a period when the firm also restructured its business following the acquisition of Touchstone Innovations.

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The UPMC Enterprises-backed mental health tool provider had raised more than $21m but is shuttering after failing to secure an acquisition.

Nucor has become a minority shareholder in Notre Dame chrome plating spinout Trion Coatings and will build the spinout’s first manufacturing facility at its own base in Indiana.

The nanopore sequencing platform developer has closed a $15.5m series 3 round backed by Tsingyuan Ventures.