Global University Venturing

Zapata, which remains in stealth mode, filed a security filing naming two of its directors as partners from MIT's the Engine and VC firm Pillar.

Johnson & Johnson has bought UW spinout C-Sats, which has created a platform to evaluate surgeons and helps them boost their skills.

University of Birmingham will lead a connected system of incubators after Midlands Innovation secured a $7.1m award from Research England.

UC's Office of the Chief Investment Officer has backed a new immuno-oncology startup that has licensed 17 assets from Pfizer.

The number of Illinois university-linked businesses founded in the past five years has more than doubled on the preceding period.

Frazier Healthcare Partners has led a $9.3m funding round in Penn spinout Scout Bio.

Satt IDF Innov has licenced research at Institut Cochin and Institut Pierre-Louis to SkinDemic, which will now commercialise a treatment for acne and Kaposi's sarcoma.

Yale spinout Arvinas has added cash to its coffers as it prepares oncological treatments for forms of prostate and breast cancer.

TU Wien spinout Cogvis has developed a contactless sensor that predicts when a person might fall and is aimed at the elderly care sector.

UC Investment Office, an existing Constellation backer, has returned to contribute to a $100m round that took its total equity funding to $229m.