Global University Venturing

10X Genomics has purchased genomic analysis platform Spatial Transcriptomics, based on research at Karolinska Institute and KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

ICL-founded Accunea hopes to commercialise a medical device enabling clinicians to catch acute kidney injuries earlier than currently possible.

Baidu has provided Robot++ with pre-series A funding following an angel round backed by a Tsinghua incubator in April 2018.

Chalmers Ventures has again supplied smart lock supplier Parakey with funding after investing alongside IoT and wireless tech firm Qamcom in 2016.

The AI-based contextual insight service has closed a $33.6m round that included Stanford University, taking its total funding to almost $56m.

Asgard Therapeutics will develop cancer therapies which use reprogrammed human skin cells to improve the immune system’s capacity to identify cancerous particles.

Tokyo's experiential robot developer Telexistence has won funding from a investors including the university's Innovation Platform and a host of corporates.

IP Group has backed AR technology developer WaveOptics, building on the position taken by Touchstone Innovations, which it now owns, in 2015 and 2017.

Gregg Bayes-Brown, former editor of Global University Venturing, became communications manager of OUI in 2016 – here he discusses what the past two years have taught him.

Next Offset Solutions will commercialise a 3D printing technology for energetic materials including rocket fuels and pyrotechnics.

Previously backed by Stanford-StartX Fund, Firefly installs digital advertising screens on taxis to provide drivers with greater income and collect urban data for municipal authorities.