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The vehicle will support small-scale experiments and prototypes and give researchers linked with both institutions the opportunity to exchange ideas.

The fashion e-commerce platform raised $165m in its latest funding round, which featured LVMH and Fidelity. This is one of the largest and latest rounds in the fashion space.

Adding Cell Design and Kite Pharma to its portfolio brings Gilead to the top table in probably the hottest area for advanced therapies and follows the playbook the company has used over the past few decades to expand.

University of Maryland's tech transfer office is set to form a fund that will invest in local university-linked startups.

QBE Insurance and Starr Companies have joined CIC to invest in Cytora as it prepares to launch a risk assessment engine for property and casualty insurance.

Medical device maker Edwards Lifesciences has acquired cardiovascular device developer and University of Maryland, Baltimore spinout Harpoon Medical.

Quanterix, a digital immunoassay developer spun out of Tufts University, has raised $64.1m in its initial public offering.

Queen's University spinout Fusion Antibodies is targeting $7.4m in proceeds in an IPO that will provide an exit to Qubis and Invest NI.

The VC firm has raised $13.9m for a $20m venture fund that will target IT University of Pennsylvania-linked businesses.