Global University Venturing

Fujita, Industrial Growth Platform and SBI were among the investors in the automation technology developer, a spinout of University of Tokyo.

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

Allied Minds claimed a 1.27x investment return after exiting restaurant guest engagement platform TableUp in an all-share transaction.

UGA's Innovation Gateway will have an additional $10m to play with as the university looks to double down on a strong tech transfer performance in recent times.

Novartis Venture Fund has helped seed a T-cell drug developer founded from Seattle Children's Hospital, Benaroya Research Institute and MIGAL Galilee.

Erstwhile Cambridge Innovation Capital chief executive Victor Christou has resurfaced to join YFM Equity Partners’ London offices.

NetScientific is poised to acquire EMV Capital in an all-share deal after appointing the latter's managing director as its chief executive in May.

The accelerator will award grant and equity funding to derisk quantum technologies over the next four years.

Berkeley Academic Ventures has lost its managing director Darek DaFreece, although he will remain an adviser for UC Berkeley's aerospace R&D unit.

Cash realisations at IP Group rose massively as the firm swung into profit.

The UK regional tech transfer alliance's Seed Investment Fund expects to close its first investments in coming months, targeting sectors including healthcare and data.