Global University Venturing

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

Ahren Innovation Capital has led a $16m initial series A tranche for Mogrify, co-founded by researchers from Bristol, Monash and Duke universities.

Innovative region: New York

In mid-October there were six Global Corporate Venturing stories on life sciences startups raising capital.

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

The fund will provide capital for MIT-founded Gingko's own spinouts and has attracted LPs including Viking Global Investors, General Atlantic and Cascade Investment.

First Round's inaugural cohort includes a manga comic translation tool developer and a company working on synthetic options for creating salmon.

University of Colorado-founded IM Therapeutics has received $10m from investors including the university's Healthcare Innovation Fund to advance a treatment for type 1 diabetes.

Existing investor Tencent is in talks as part of a round TUM's flying car developer reportedly aims to close at between $400m and $500m.

Stanford-backed micro public finance platform Neighborly has paused the payroll in a concerted attempt to restructure the business and avert insolvency.

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