Global University Venturing

The fourth annual Global Corporate Venturing & Innovation (GCVI) Summit in Monterey, California on Wednesday and Thursday, January 30-31 by reporters Kaloyan Andonov, Edison Fu and Thierry Heles

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Conversational marketing tool developer Eyelevel.ai graduated from UC Berkeley’s SkyDeck in 2018 and has now secured a follow-on investment from the accelerator.

Michigan’s endowment fund is to expand its contribution to Andreessen Horowitz’s cryptocurrency fund, which launched in last June.

Mapúa University has secured Philippine government support to set up the second of the Technology Licensing Office, the second of three planned tech transfer and innovation departments.

Rare disease diagnosis technology developer Centogene is gearing up for an IPO having spun out from Rostock in 2006 and raised $28.5m of equity funding in 2017.

Honda, Panasonic and Omron are among the limited partners of NordicNinja VC’s inaugural fund, which has identified several university ecosystems in northern Europe as offering opportunities.

Palo Alto Networks agreed to buy cybersecurity orchestration platform Demisto for a mixture of cash and stock, highlighting the potential of the vibrant cybersecurity space

University of Michigan will supply an initial $2.75m in funding to MemryX, Ripple Science, GreenMark Biomedical, and Give and Take, and could invest as much as $20m altogether.