Global University Venturing

The accelerator will welcome agtech and foodtech developers for a 12-week programme, with Atlantic Bridge among those providing mentoring.

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

Uniseed has returned for the latest round raised by Melbourne spinout ENA Respiratory, which is working on a nasal spray to prevent covid-19.

UPMC Enterprises has contributed to a series B round for Sempre Health, which is building a platform to make drugs more affordable for patients.

The solid-state battery maker will get a Nasdaq listing through the deal, which follows $161m in funding the company raised since being spun out of CU Boulder.

Morningside Venture Investments has led a series B round for the fibrotic diseases-focused spinout that advances University of Strasbourg research.

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory will work with Autobahn Labs to propel more early-stage discovery programmes into spinouts.

Prof Bernd Bickel will be the inaugural vice-president for technology transfer at IST Austria as part of a wider management reshuffle.

Deeptech Labs, an incubator backed by Cambridge Innovation Capital, has announced its inaugural cohort of five startups that have each received $485,000.

Ohio State University has again thrown its weight behind Rev1 Ventures, whose latest fund also attracted University of Dayton and multiple corporates.

Cambridge Innovation Capital has doubled down on its commitment to Origami, having already taken part in all previous rounds.