Global University Venturing

Alison Campbell has been appointed CEO of the UK Government Office for Tech Transfer after eight years with Knowledge Transfer Ireland.

Swiggy helped boost Rapido's valuation to $800m in a round that featured Shell Ventures and TVS Motor. This is a deal of a rather surprising size and valuation in a space that has not been as hot over the past years, as far as corporate-backed deals are concerned.

Monthly data: March 2022

Quarterly data: Q1 2022

Innovative region: Japan

Sector report: consumer

The small molecule drug developer, co-founded by a UCLA associate professor, has completed its series B round.

Several corporate venture investors participated in a round which took the crypto IoT network developer's valuation to $1.2bn. The round and the company are part of the larger crypto tech space, which has been attracting much interest and capital in most recent times.

The Global University Venturing deal net rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem.

Exploiting research conducted at Kyoto Prefecture University of Medicine, Aurion Biotech is focusing on therapies that can restore vision.

Yale Ventures has been launched to oversee the university’s innovation and entrepreneurship activities, including the tech transfer office.