Global University Venturing

Environmental compliance software startup Encamp has amassed $1.1m from investors including IU’s Philanthropic Venture Fund.

Members of SetSquared Bristol generated less funding than in 2017, though it may instead remember last year for diabetes treatment developer Ziylo's sale to Novo for up to $800m.

Facit-backed oncological development initiative Triphase Accelerator has struck a deal with Celgene for its TRPH-395 blood cancer treatment as the drug nears clinical trials

Francois Pichot has added the role of investment principal to his existing investment manager duties at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology’s innovation fund.

Osage University Partners has put up additional capital for oil and gas fluids monitor developer Seismos, which was founded by students from University of Texas.

IIM Ahmedabad's incubator supplied seed funding to help environmental monitoring startup Oizom Instruments pursue marketing, product enhancements and R&D.

Backed by Stanford-StartX Fund, marketing intelligence platform Knotch has now secured at least $31.5m in total funding and will now pursue technology upgrades and and internal expansion.

University of Cambridge's commercialisation arm has found a new entrepreneur-in-residence in Paul Bailey with experience in human capital planning and links with local academic-industry initiatives.

Virtual reality entertainment operator Sandbox VR has amassed $68m in series A capital from investors including Stanford University.

Global University Venturing looks at the investment and exit figures of 2018 and talks to some of the thought leaders that made it a record-breaking twelve months.

IP Group put up $5.4m for Cambridge fraud detection spinout Featurespace’s latest round to bring the company’s overall funding haul to $70.9m.