Global University Venturing

James Mawson identifies issues raised at the World Incubation Summit and calls for input ahead of GUV's updated review of university venture funds to be published at GUV:Fusion in London in May.

Smart vehicle producer Nio, previously backed by Tencent, Baidu, JD.com and Lenovo, has announced its intensions to go public and raise between $1bn and $2bn.

Quentis, an immuno-oncology therapy developer based on research at Weill Cornell Medicine, has closed a round that included Taiho Pharmaceuticals and AbbVie Ventures.

Partly based on Keio University research, CureApp has developed mobile apps to help treat nicotine addiction and fatty liver inflammation.

The Global University Venturing deal net rounds up all the latest smaller deals and tracks emerging companies accessing university funds.

The business school hopes the partnership will strengthen the ecosystem, leveraging its faculty, program participants and alumni network for the initiative.

Based on research conducted at Caltech and Nasa, Virtualitics has now raised more than $11m in funding for its VR data visualisation and analytics platform.

Sensor technology developer Chirp will become a wholly-owned TDK subsidiary, providing exits to University of California and UC Berkeley’s Skydeck accelerator.