Global University Venturing

Cheng Choong Hung, formerly of Nanyang Technological University’s innovation arm, allegedly cheated organisations including NTU of $225,000.

Xi'an Jiaotong University's foundation was among the investors in domestic services booking platform 24tidy as the company increased its total to at least $62.7m.

Tom Hopkins will perform services he previously provided through consultancy Kin Capital while also helping Parkwalk strengthen its customer service.

UCL spinout Engitix plans to develop therapeutics for liver fibrosis and certain cancers based on its targeted drug discovery platform.

Legend Holdings has backed the insurance brokerage whose existing shareholders include Tsinghua Holdings and Fosun.

University of Lisbon-founded biotherapeutics developer is targeting infectious, metabolic and intestinal conditions, and has collected $2.8m from a fund run by Seventure Partners.

IP Group is among the investors in x-ray technology developer Ibex Innovations’ latest round after backing a $3m round for the company in 2014.

The university’s Enterprise Innovation Centre will house spinouts and act as a space for the university’s entrepreneurs to learn and collaborate with academics, researchers and businesses.

University of Edinburgh’s Old College Capital has returned to back energy storage developer Sunamp to take the company’s total to $8.8m.

The company has raised $14.4m from investors including Tsinghua University’s THG Ventures for its range of integrated circuit design services.

Cambridge Enterprise-backed Fluidic Analytics' third funding round will help fund the launch of its first microfluidics-based protein analysis machine.