Global University Venturing

Quarterly review: Q3

Apple has acquired the wireless charging technology developer, spun out of University of Auckland in 2007.

Stanford-StartX has contributed to a seed round for Scoutible, which uses machine learning technology to improve the recruitment process.

The deep learning technology developer has raised $40m in a series A+ round from a consortium including Samsung and Ant Financial.

The University of Warwick spinout is developing treatments for respiratory conditions such as influenza.

Delphi Automotive will pay $400m upfront for MIT spinout Nutonomy, with earn-outs of approximately $50m.

Zeetta Networks and Kets Quantum Security will have access to capital and mentoring for their wireless network and encryption technology respectively.

That these companies are still accessing the public markets indicates investors are taking a view that future probity will not necessary follow past behaviour.

Special report by James Mawson, editor-in-chief, with thanks to Pramila Mullan of Accenture Ventures for the notes of the roundtable

Congress report: GCV Asia 2017