Global University Venturing

The Global and China L4 Autonomous Driving and Start-ups Report, 2021, found that except for a few companies, such as Waymo and Uber, which performed worse than expected, level four (L4) autonomous driving firms in other fields gained momentum.

The deep tech venture fund linked to Imec has raised $166m for its second fund, more than halfway to its $277m target.

Deutsche Telekom-backed DTCP was among the investors that pushed the cybersecurity management platform developer’s valuation to $2.6bn.

IISc Bengaluru-backed AI and Robotics and Technology Park is seeking approval from the Indian regulator to raise a $100m venture fund.

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

Triumvera, co-founded by McMaster's professor Jonathan Bramson, looks to progress its solid tumour therapeutic candidate.

Paule De Blois has stepped down from commercialisation firm Axelys as she accepts a position as deputy minister.

UC Berkeley spinout SiFive has fetched a $2.5bn valuation in a series F round that pushed its overall financing to more than $350m.

UGent, VUB, UAntwerpen, UHasselt, ULiège, VITO and Imec are all among the partners of Qbic, which has raised $54m for its third fund.

Monthly analysis: February 2022

Comment by Adam Salkin, a partner in one of Israel’s leading law firms, Herzog, Fox & Neeman