Global University Venturing

Exploiting research at University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, Novasenta has been established with $20m in seed financing.

Osage University Partners is among the returning backers that have helped push Stanford-linked Dice Molecules’ total funding to around $200m.

The UC Santa Barbara-launched food preservation technology developer’s latest round valued it at $2bn.

Cash Capital has reinvested in the semiconductor technology developer through a $46.3m series D round.

Slingshot Aerospace has acquired the UChicago spinout developing a communication channel for preventing satellite collisions in space.

Agriculture analytics software producer Regrow has picked up series A funding from investors including Main Sequence Ventures.

Hong Kong X Technology Fund has backed a $15.4m funding round for robotics technology developer AgileX.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

Matrix Capital Management led the immunology drug developer's series A round, which will support the journey of a type 1 diabetes drug candidate towards the clinic.

Oxford Sciences Innovation returned to reinvest in the smart echocardiogram technology spinout, helping increase its overall funding to nearly $60m.

KAUST agricultural technology spinout Red Sea has added $6m to a pre-series A round featuring the university that now totals $16m.