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Global University Venturing
Epidarex closes $127m fund
The universities of Edinburgh, Manchester, Glasgow and Aberdeen have all contributed to Epidarex’s latest fund, which will invest in life sciences spinouts.
Jun 22, 2020Orca Bio organises $192m series D
Kaiser Permanente contributed to a round that pushed the total raised by the Stanford-aligned cellular cancer therapy developer to $300m.
Jun 22, 2020Corporates make Wise investment in $15m round
MIT Media Lab's E14 fund has contributed to a round that will fund research and development for the logistics management platform developer.
Jun 19, 2020Infinity Biologix picks up $44.4m
Rutgers University-New Brunswick has spun out Infinity Biologix with backing from Viking Global Investors to manage the distribution of a saliva-based coronavirus test.
Jun 19, 2020Daily deal net: June 18, 2020
Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
Jun 19, 2020Illumina decodes BlueBee acquisition
TU Delft and Imperial-founded genetic data analytics software provider BlueBee has been picked up after raising at least $13.5m of funding.
Jun 19, 2020Monzo onboards new funding at reduced valuation
Vanderbilt University was among the participants in a $75.9m round for Monzo that cut the mobile bank's valuation from more than $2.5bn to under $1.6bn.
Jun 18, 2020EtheRNA extracts series B funding
Grand Decade and existing investor Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund helped supply $38.2m for the mRNA immunotherapy developer and Vrije Universiteit Brussel spinout.
Jun 18, 2020BioCurate inks Uniseed pact
Uniseed has entered a co-investment pact with BioCurate, a drug discovery fund for early-stage University of Melbourne and Monash University research.
Jun 18, 2020Proprio picks up $23m
Founded by University of Washington faculty, Proprio has raised series A funding to commercialise its multi-camera surgical imaging system.
Jun 18, 2020Biofrigas cooks up $1.7m IPO
Chalmers Ventures portfolio company Biofrigas has set out plans for a $1.7m IPO but has already issued around $1.2m to existing connections.
Jun 18, 2020Volkswagen to drive $200m to QuantumScape
The carmaker has followed up a $100m investment two years ago with a pledge to provide up to $200m for the Stanford-originated solid-state battery developer.
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