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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.

University of California-backed Congruent Ventures is among the investors in Bellwether Coffee, which is marketing an ethical coffee roasting system.

Two initiatives open to projects from Michigan institutions have secured continued support from Michigan Strategic Fund.

Nanovis, a spinal implant nanotechnology developer, has been backed by Elevate Purdue Foundry Fund, which joins existing investors including Apex One Equity Fund.

ETH Zurich-founded CO2 storage technology developer Climeworks has now amassed more than $50m in equity and grants.

Matarki Bioscience has been spun out under a drug discovery model to carry Warsaw pharmaceutical research through pre-clinical and early clinical trials.

Discern will commercialise a deception tracker nicknamed Avatar designed to initially be deployed at border security and based on research at Arizona.

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Since the beginning of 2017, Global Corporate Venturing (GCV) Analytics has tracked and seen a number of companies backed by China-based internet company Tencent go public in Hong Kong and the US.