Global University Venturing

TU Munich's air taxi developer has added $35m from Bailie Gifford to a $240m first tranche led by Tencent in March, and is now valued above $1bn.

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has become the second Canadian limited partner to join Theodorus’ fourth fund, which now stands at $47.3m.

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

Osage University Partners is in line for an exit as the anti-malware software developer, based on UCSB and Northeastern research, agrees to an acquisition.

SoftBank led a $500m round for the driverless vehicle software spinoff of the ride hailing company Didi Chuxing.

The commercialisation firm generated a $50.3m pre-tax profit having seen off pressure over shareholder dividends and sold its stake in a Virginia Tech-founded space tech business.

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

WSU neurodegenerative disease drug spinout Athira Pharma will put the proceeds towards phase 2/3 clinical testing of a treatment for Alzheimer's disease.

University of Chicago returned to contribute to a series B round for smart oven provider Tovala.

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

Circulating tumour DNA blood test developer Base Genomics has raised $11m to progress research out of University of Oxford.