Global University Venturing

Uniseed has returned for the latest round raised by Melbourne spinout ENA Respiratory, which is working on a nasal spray to prevent covid-19.

UPMC Enterprises has contributed to a series B round for Sempre Health, which is building a platform to make drugs more affordable for patients.

Monthly analysis: May 2021

The solid-state battery maker will get a Nasdaq listing through the deal, which follows $161m in funding the company raised since being spun out of CU Boulder.

Innovative region: South Africa

Sector report: Healthcare

BAT is vying to become a leader in the on-the-go wellbeing and stimulation space through a new corporate venturing unit that has been quietly investing in the space since last summer.

Morningside Venture Investments has led a series B round for the fibrotic diseases-focused spinout that advances University of Strasbourg research.

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory will work with Autobahn Labs to propel more early-stage discovery programmes into spinouts.

Prof Bernd Bickel will be the inaugural vice-president for technology transfer at IST Austria as part of a wider management reshuffle.

Deeptech Labs, an incubator backed by Cambridge Innovation Capital, has announced its inaugural cohort of five startups that have each received $485,000.