Global University Venturing

Incubated by Vision Institute, the retinal disease gene therapy developer has secured $52.8m in a round co-led by UPMC Enterprises.

QUB spinout ProAxsis has been fully acquired by NetScientific, which previously backed the company’s sole funding round in 2014.

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

The UC Berkeley spinout has been snapped up by Astellas, two years after the latter took part in its series A round.

TUM-affiliated UVC Partners has raised a third fund from limited partners including Lanxess to invest in industrial technologies, business-to-business software and mobility.

Tom Whitehouse, CEO at Leif Capital, moderated a discussion comparing cleantech investment with the first decade after the millennium.

Formed in the Big Bang, hydrogen is the most abundant element in the known universe and believed to comprise about 75% of matter. Hydrogen, therefore, is seen as one of the key elements in targeting net zero carbon emissions.

It is not an exaggeration to say that 2020 has been an eventful year for the oil and gas industry.

Utec was among the backers that helped University of Tokyo spinout Japan Data Science Consortium complete a $27.5m round.

Quarterly report: Q3 2020