Global University Venturing

Alumni-founded payment fraud detection developer Ripple Shot has been backed by an Indiana University fund as it prepares to release its inaugural product.

Molecular testing system developer Isoma was spun out from Wistar but has also licensed intellectual property from University of Pennsylvania.

FaceSoft has been officially spun out after winning $12,800 in proof-of-concept funding in a university business competition last year.

UPMC has contributed to a funding round for Xealth, which emerged out of Providence St. Joseph Health.

Harvard spinout eGenesis launched in 2015 in a bid to find a successful mechanism for transplanting pig organs into human beings.

Thunderbird Investor Network will connect ASU patrons to emerging companies and give business or management school students the chance to gain experience in venture capital.

Oncological treatment software developer Ziliomics has raised an undisclosed sum from Fight Against Cancer Innovation Trust, a commercialisation partner of OICR.

University of Pennsylvania will pour money into at least 10 Philadelphia-based biotech companies over three years and has already backed Tmunity, Carisma and Tycho.

SVLink will offer up to 27 companies access to funding, training and office space at the Silicon Valley Campus in Saint Clara.