Global University Venturing

The university's new $100m Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering will aim to kindle the advancement of novel technologies in partnership with the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

The seed funding will help enhance Ampotech’s range of connected power and energy consumption monitoring systems geared towards industrial and commercial clients.

Qbic has participated in a $32.8m funding round for EyeD, consisting of $9.4m in equity and another $23.4m in debt financing and government grants.

Fond Of’s co-founders have put $3.5m into High-Tech Gründerfonds’ third fund, bringing its total to $375m and adding to commitments from limited partners including Fraunhofer Society.

TUM spinout Kiutra has secured seed funding to ramp up operations for its cyrogenic cooling technology, which it regards as the answer to the problem of industrial-scale quantum manufacturing.

University of Tsukuba-founded submarine drone maker FullDepth secured capital from investors including Sumitomo Forestry’s Tsukuba Research Institute and Mitsui Sumitomo Capital.

Morse Micro, a designer of wifi chips for IoT applications, has won the support of Uniseed and the Csiro Innovation Fund in a round that brought its total to at least $20.8m.

HTGF and Consantia Industries have pumped funding into EPFL spinout Neural Concept, which believes its deep learning technology will reduce lead times for manufacturers of physical goods.

Several university investors lined up to support sensory film supplier Forcen's seed round, with the proceeds allocated towards an expansion in production capacity and headcount.

Aces has obtained a eight-figure amount from University of Tokyo-focused venture fund Deep30, which mainly backs AI technologies from the university's Matsuo Lab.

Fund manager Neil Woodford has sold his entire stake in Oxford Sciences Innovation, worth close to $70m, as his funds have come under increasing pressure.