Global University Venturing

A second US-China Green Fund equipped with $350m to $400m is expected to launch later this year with the backing of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

UMI has become a LP in Yissum's $7m Racah Nano Venture Fund as part of an alliance aimed at bringing advanced materials and nanotechnology applications to the Japan.

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

University of Bristol-backed incubator Engine Shed has hired Marty Reid as its new head, with Reid also taking over as chief executive of SetSquared Bristol's parent Science Research Foundation.

Azeria Therapeutics has picked up Syncona as an investor as it looks to bring its therapy for receptor-positive luminal breast cancer into the clinic.

Allied Minds' co-CEOs and chairman are under pressure from activist investor Crystal Amber despite having only taking their posts in June 2019.

SV Health Investors and Genesys Capital have co-led a series A round for University of Toronto’s EBT Medical, which is progressing a neuromodulation technique to treat pelvic floor disorders.

CoMotion has closed its VR and AR-focused incubator and scrapped access for non-UW innovators to its MakerSpace fabrication and hardware hub.

MIT-founded regenerative polymer developer Tissium will put the capital into clinical-stage development and toward regulatory clearance in multiple markets.

UC Berkeley-focused House Fund II has raised $44m from investors including endowments for the university and the wider University of California ecosystem.

University of Bristol-founded PsiQuantum has reportedly scooped funding from backers including an Andy Rubin fund as it looks to develop silicon-powered quantum computers.