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NUI Maynooth spinout Avectas has added capital to converted equity previously supplied by therapeutics developer Adapt Pharma among others.

UVA’s seed fund and corporate venturing unit PharmStandard Ventures featured in topical dry eye syndrome peptide spinout TearSolutions' financing round, taking its total to $21.5m.

NovaUCD-based patient lingerie manufacturer Theya Healthcare has been backed by investors including Enterprise Ireland as it prepares for expansion in the US.

Bonsal will return to venture capital, ending a six-year spell as director of venture creation at Towson through which he was credited with the realignment of its incubator.

Patrick Reeve, managing partner at Albion Capital, which manages UCL Technology Fund, has passed his position onto his deputy to become the firm’s first chairman.

Varian Medical Systems led University of Michigan's robotic-assisted ultrasound device spinout's series C round, which also included Johnson & Johnson Innovation - JJDC.

Nationwide Children’s-founded advanced pathology platform Deep Lens has now raised $17.5m in all as it looks to grow its business in the clinical trial recruitment segment.

Queen’s University Belfast speech recognition technology spinout Liopa is working on a product that analyses lip movements to provide more robust analysis in noisy environments.

Uniseed, Carthona Capital and BridgeLane Group provided the funding for University of Sydney-founded Agerris, which is preparing to commercialise products including robotic farm hand systems.

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The Global University Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the startups emerging from universities and raising funding.