Global University Venturing

GV was among the investors for Stanford-backed online life insurance provider Ethos's latest round, which brought the its total funding to more than $106m.

IU Angel Network will give the university’s businesses access to angel funding in pre-seed, seed and series A rounds.

MIT's The Engine will be able to incubate dozens more businesses after the completion of a converted unit hosting additional offices, labs and fabrication facilities in early 2022.

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

Modis Therapeutics, a Columbia University spinout focused on a rare mitochondrial disease, has been bought by Zogenix in a deal potentially worth $400m.

UNM equalled its spinout total for 2017-18 while generating $1.9m in royalties and patent payments.

HKUST Entrepreneurship Fund will invest up to $250,000 in the university's early-stage spinouts, running for an anticipated five-year term.

The Southern Launch incubator has co-working capacity for six local businesses and will also take on virtual members.

MIT grid battery spinout Form Energy has secured capital from investors including The Engine and Eni to bring its funding haul to nearly $50m.

Alpine Quantum Technologies has won $11.1m in a round where the university invested half, in a bid to create a universal quantum computer.

Kyushu University's Qu Ventures has supported a series A round for robot-equipped consumer goods delivery service Starship Technologies.