Global University Venturing

Katrin Salchert, previously vice-president for knowledge and tech transfer at BTU Cottbus, has been appointed rector of HTW Dresden.

UW spinout OctoML increased its funding total to $18.9m after securing series A capital from existing investors Madrona Venture Group and Amplify Partners.

The UCL and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research spinout has collected $125m from investors including existing shareholder Vives Louvain Technology Fund.

CapitalG returned for a late-stage round that pushed VUB spinout Collibra’s total funding beyond $345m and boosted its valuation to $2.3bn.

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

Caroline Dreyer, leader of Conectus, has been appointed president of the national Satt Network for a one-year term as part of a board reshuffle.

Born out of the Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab, Strivr uses virtual reality to train athletes and employees and has now collected $51m in funding altogether.

Based on research at Grousbeck Gene Therapy Center and Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Affinia has raised $60m in a series A round to advance its gene therapies into the clinic.

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

Invesco will sell its unquoted UK holdings to reallocate its capital to public stocks, meaning disruption for numerous spinouts and Oxford Sciences Innovation.