Global University Venturing

Stanford University has backed a round that will help the nickel-hydrogen battery developer finance construction of a Gigafactory.

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

Will Metcalf will lead the office, which will be located within University of Louisville’s Office of Research and Innovation.

Based on research at Drexel University, Context Therapeutics is seeking to raise up to $21m in an initial public offering on Nasdaq.

Osage University Partners is among the investors in Northwestern spinout Vanqua Bio’s $85m series B round.

UNC Chapel Hill’s agricultural technology developer AgBiome has increased its overall funding to $230m following the series D round.

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

The stem cell therapy developer, exploiting research from Digital Photonics and Nanoscience Laboratory, has set up a US subsidiary.

Main Sequence Ventures has returned for Prospection’s series B round, having already participated in the company’s $6.7m series A last year.

Raghupathy “Siva” Sivakumar has been appointed as the university’s inaugural vice-president of commercialisation and chief commercialisation officer.

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