Global University Venturing

UC Riverside has sealed an MOU with incubator Murrieta Genomics to drive its genomics research and build links between the innovation ecosystems of both parties.

Queensland-founded Admedus Immunotherapies has fallen into administration after a deal with drug developer Constellation Therapeutics failed to materialise.

Enzymatic measurement spinout Zymoptiq has formally launched on the back of research from Lille Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology and is now considering raising funding.

Suny at Stony Brook has opened an online inventor’s portal on World Intellectual Property Day to give faculty a digital means of protecting intellectual property.

Dilafor, a portfolio company of Karolinska Development, has attracted investors led by its manufacturing partner Opocrin to take its overall funding to more than $8.3m.

Martelet will stand down as chief executive, allowing CFO Ian Postlethwaite to marry the two roles as NetScientific looks to continue cutting costs.

The health of academic startup activity in the state has been affirmed by a five-year university entrepreneurship index published by the Illinois Science and Technology Coalition.

ETH Zurich spinout RosieReality has attracted $2.2m in seed capital led by Redalpine, with a contribution from existing backer Akatsuki.

Walmart has stepped up to acquire SkyDeck alumnus advertisement platform Polymorph Labs after the latter had raised $10.5m in funding.

Co-founded by a former UChicago research director, surgery workflow software provider Explorer Surgical has increased its total funding to $9m.

Baidu Ventures has helped close a $31m series A round for Harvard-founded Sherlock Biosciences just over a month after the spinout launched with an initial $17.5m tranche.