Global University Venturing

Monthly report: September 2020

Main Sequence Ventures, which co-founded the meat-free burger producer last year, has returned for a $55m series B round.

Innovative region: Japan

Dealflow still growing in anticipation of low carbon future

The GCV Digital Forum 2.0 last month combined Global Corporate Venturing’s regional and sector events – GCV Asia Congress, Synergize and Energy.

The computer vision chip producer is based on research at Tsinghua University and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Eli Lilly will acquire the WUSTL-linked neurological disease therapy developer in a $135m deal that could top $1.2bn with milestone payments.

NTU spinout Nanofilm Technologies has seemingly filed a draft prospectus with a view of listing on the domestic Singapore Stock Exchange.

US-based vegetarian food producer Livekindly Collective closed $135m in funding from investors including food ingredient developer Griffith Foods.

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

Codiak – based on research at Gothenburg and MD Anderson Cancer Center – has succeeded in going public after previously cancelling plans.