Global University Venturing

Tohoku University Venture Partners and others support the commercialisation of Tohoku Magnet Institute's soft magnetic alloy that could be a more efficient replacement for electromagnetic steel sheet.

As the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad's Infuse Ventures fund nears full deployment, the institution prepares to launch the $150m Bharat Innovations Fund.

M25 Group, a partner of Purdue Foundry, announces its $10m second fund that will enable the firm to invest in 20 companies per year for the coming three years.

Celgene has backed a funding round for oncology treatment developer Sapience Therapeutics, a spinout of Columbia University.

Two new hires join higher education investment firm University Ventures as it promotes Aanand Radia to managing director.

Virtual and augmented reality gains its own incubator at University of Washington while the institution rebrands its incubation spaces and opens them up to external startups.

Richard Holliday has left the tech transfer office to join Oxford spinout Bodle Technologies.

Oyo Rooms has raised $61.3m from existing investors likely to include SoftBank, as it looks to expand its branded budget hotel experience across India and into adjacent sectors.

The week's review of venturing activity across our three titles, Global Corporate Venturing, Global University Venturing and Global Government Venturing.

The SoftBank and Indosat-founded SB Isat fund was among the investors in a round that valued the cybersecurity software producer at more than $440m.

Quarterly analysis: The is a snapshot of the data we have collected on investment activity over the past three months. To cross-check and double-check details of reported deals, we have contacted a large number of corporate investors around the world.