Global University Venturing

Utrecht Holdings participated in a round that will support the cancer immunotherapy spinout as it looks to advance a leukaemia candidate into clinical testing.

The Cambridge spinout previously raised a $2.5m series A round backed by the university and up to $3.4m in a 2014 funding round backed by Parkwalk Advisors.

The Freiburg spinout has secured an undisclosed amount from Aesculap that is said to be one of the largest corporate venturing investments in a German spinout to date.

The Russia-based conglomerate is partnering Tsinghua University's business arm and putting up 30% of the capital for a fund that will be sized at up to $100m.

Oakland University aims to guide more faculty members with intellectual property towards commercialisation by employing Michael Long, formerly of Michigan University.

Tableau Software has acquired Technical University of Munich spinout Hyper, a data visualisation technology developer.

Discussion at Kyushu University, Japan, identifies that Fukuoka, under its youthful mayor Soichiro Takashima (he was elected in 2010 aged 36), is one region continuing to explore its options to be a growth centre.

All the VC deals (with named investors) on Friday had effectively corporate or government venture capital angles, including sole rounds by CVCs.

UCLA is rated third in the US for creating spinouts for the year ending June 30 2014 while existing spinouts in that same period generated $39m for the university.

Fraunhofer spinout Nexwafe will use the capital to commercialise its silicon wafers for solar cells.