Global University Venturing

Cambridge Innovation Capital has doubled down on its commitment to Origami, having already taken part in all previous rounds.

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

Keio spinout Heartseed has added $37m to its coffers thanks to the university's Innovation Initiative and UTokyo Innovation Platform.

TUM spinout Celonis has grown to Germany’s first decacorn, three years after becoming the university’s first unicorn.

Berkshire Hathaway led a second tranche of a series G round, raised by Nubank, a Tencent-backed virtual bank based in Brazil, at a $30bn valuation.

The immuno-oncology therapy developer has amassed at least $190m of overall funding since emerging out of Stanford University.

Based on research at Ecole Normale Supérieure and CNRS, C12 is commercialising quantum processors.

Helsinki spinout Aiforia has raised an initial $15.4m in series B funding, bringing it halfway to the round’s target.

ETH Zurich spinout Nexxiot has added $25m to its coffers thanks to a round led by QVIDTVM.

KAUST has returned for a $10m funding round for Red Sea Farms, having previously contributed to a $1.9m round two years ago.

Metacon has acquired all outstanding shares in its existing portfolio company Helbio, which was spun out of University of Patras two decades ago.