Global University Venturing

Scottish Investment Bank invests in Strathclyde spinout Mironid's $5.7m series A to support its therapy for degenerative kidney disease, major inflammatory disease and cancer.

The news roundup for the week ending 1 July 2016.

Three car manufacturers fund the development of new battery anode technology through a $4m grant to Northwestern University spinout Sinode Systems.

The UCL Technology Fund invests in gene therapy company Freeline, which hopes to treat blood diseases such as haemophilia B.

Auckland spinout StretchSense receives series A funding from Start Today, adding to an earlier investment from investors including the New Zealand Venture Investment Fund.

Stanford StartX-backed Farm Hill secures $3m in funding round, boosting the food delivery company's total to $4m.

Minnesota University co-leads a series A round in its spinout, which is working on gene editing therapies.

Delft University of Technology-backed venture fund Icos Capital supplies capital to solar technology developer Exasun.

A healthcare fund in Israel gets a boost as Liberty University invests $5m from its endowment in a move to stand against calls for education institutions to divest.

Tsinghua Holdings, the investment firm backed by Tsinghua University, commits at least $7.6bn to research over the next five years and will set up a commercialisation fund.

Imperial Innovations has contributed to a series A round for small-molecule oncology treatment developer Storm Therapeutics, a Cambridge spinout.