Global University Venturing

Salunda has raised an undisclosed sum from the University of Oxford Innovation Fund IV and the Parkwalk Opportunities Fund, both managed by Parkwalk Advisors.

Axiom Energy, backed by the Stanford-StartX Fund, has received series A capital from a consortium including corporates Great Plains Energy and Shell.

The Stanford-StartX has filed a lawsuit against its portfolio company MedWhat in California.

BriefCam, a spinout from Hebrew University, has agreed to be acquired by Canon for an undisclosed amount, providing an exit to investors including Motorola.

Less than a month after being launched itself, TAU Ventures has joined forces with the Israel Security Authority to establish an accelerator program dubbed Xcelerator.

The UCSF oncological therapeutics spinout will move from California to Connecticut following a leading investment from state-owned Connecticut Innovations.

RGU expects its University Entrepreneurship Accelerator to back at least 25 projects each year in areas such as healthcare, digital and social enterprise.

Lyncean, based on research at Stanford University and its SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, has raised $13.8m in a first close of its series B round from backers such as Intel.

Stanford-StartX Fund has contributed to a $15m series B round for Fictiv, which also attracted commitments from Intel Capital and Bill Gates.

Based on research at Johns Hopkins University, Escient Pharmaceuticals is developing treatments for serious but unserved medical needs.