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PhaseBio attracts $34m in series D round

Existing backers AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson returned for a round that will advance PhaseBio's orphan disease drug pipeline, based on research from Duke University.


Sep 7, 2018

Allogene tallies up $120m

The cancer therapy developer has secured $120m in a convertible note offering featuring the University of California office of the chief investment officer.

Sep 7, 2018

UT Austin enters Sputnik trajectory

Students will be able to access online entrepreneurship materials based on the Sputnik ATX accelerator, with one each year invited to sit in on Sputnik classes.

Sep 7, 2018

Forendo fixes up $4.7m round

Vesalius has provided $4.7m to Forendo Pharma, whose existing shareholders also include Karolinska Development, Novartis, Novo and Merck Group.

Sep 7, 2018

Stanford-StartX finds comfort in Haystack TV

News streaming app developer Haystack TV raised $2m from investors including Stanford-StartX Fund and appliances manufacturer Vestel to prepare for an expansion into Europe.

Sep 7, 2018

Sullivan segues into Canberra job

Leigh Sullivan will leave his position as vice-chancellor for research and innovation at Federation University Australia to take on the same position at Canberra.

Sep 6, 2018

4D Molecular forces its way to $90m

Berkeley Catalyst Fund has helped close a $90m series B round for 4D Molecular Therapeutics, which emerged out of UC Berkeley.

Sep 6, 2018

VitalSource exercises Acrobatiq acquisition

Educational content creation platform Acrobatiq spun out from Carnegie Mellon University in 2015 and had been backed by the university's Carnegie Innovations division.

Sep 6, 2018

UCSD makes a splash with $65m Poseidon fund

UC San Diego is the fourth university to launch a $65m initiative with Deerfield Management, following Northwestern, Vanderbilt and Johns Hopkins.

Sep 6, 2018
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