Global University Venturing

Indiana University Philanthropic Venture Fund has made its tenth investment, putting $200,000 into Confluence Pharmaceuticals.

Stanford-StartX Fund has supported a $4m round for Imprimed, which is working on precision cancer treatments for dogs.

The House Fund has made its second investment in additive manufacturing software developer Dyndrite as part of a round that raised more than $10m.

Willow Biosciences is the result of a three-way merger between University of Calgary spinout Epimeron, BioCan Technologies and CSE-listed Makena Resources.

Battery materials developer Sila Nanotechnologies, co-founded by Georgia Tech professor Gleb Yushin, is preparing for commercialisation, after Daimler led a series E round.

Microelectronics Technology Laboratory spinout Smart Force Technologies’ mask-less 2D microfabrication technology will be integrated with new 3D printers developed by Microlight3D.

Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund has participated in a $23.8m round for the antibody developer spun out of University of Turin.

Jonas Bergman, Rocio Morales and Nina Röding have joined Chalmers Ventures, the investment and incubator arm of Chalmers University of Technology.

Stanford spinout Cardinal Analytx has raised $20.6m out of a targeted $29.3m, adding to a $6.1m series A round backed by Stanford-StartX Fund in 2017.

Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, based on work by UNC Chapel Hill professors Jude Samulski and Xiao Xiao, has secured $235m in funding co-led by TPG Capital and Vida Ventures.

The space debris removal company has raised another $30m for its series D round from investors including UTokyo Innovation Platform and has now received $132m in total.