Global University Venturing

The company, led by two UW researchers, remains in stealth but is reportedly working on organism-resistant materials to ward against the threat of infection.

Insurance firm Aviva has co-led a round for Owlstone Medical, whose roots can be traced back to University of Cambridge.

Seven-year-old Southampton spinout Arkivum develops data archive software for sectors such as life sciences and financial services.

UC-RNT has put up $16m for the Flipkart-backed rental services provider's latest round, taking its funding past the $90m mark.

The neurodegenerative disease treatment spinout from University of Aberdeen has disclosed it raised $71m through a rights issue in October.

Salesforce Ventures returned for a round that increased the crowdsourced cybersecurity platform's overall funding to $50m and also featured Stanford University.

The Ohio State spinout uses liquids to compress, cool and dehydrate natural gas, providing an alternative to petrol-based motoring fuels.

University of Tokyo Edge Capital has invested in autonomous driving technology developer Tier IV, based on research at multiple Japanese universities.