Global University Venturing

Humboldt State University has joined forces with UC Davis to create an incubator focused on agtech and biotech companies in northern California.

University of Rochester has rehired Harl Tolbert, currently with Pennsylvania State University, as associate vice-president of URVentures.

The Engine has returned once more to back a $30m round for Kytopen, having first invested in the MIT spinout in 2017.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

The European Investment Fund will provide half the capital for the $59m i&i Biotech Fund I, which will operate out of the Czech Republic.

Case Western Reserve University-linked Lucid Diagnostics is seeking an initial public offering that would net it up to $57.5m.

Co-founded by Harvard faculty, Garuda has launched with $72m in series A financing to advance blood stem cell therapies.

Originally known as Oxford Sciences Innovation, the investment company set up by University of Oxford has undertaken a rebranding exercise.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

The Engine has reinvested in Lilac Solutions, a lithium extraction technology developer building on research at Northwestern University.