Global University Venturing

Baylor University technology helps Acer Therapeutics raise $2.1m in funding to help those affected by Maple Syrup Urine Disease.

The Stanford-StartX Fund has participated in the $4.3m seed round for Stanza, a company aiming to change the way internet-connected calendars are used.

University spinout energy-saving company RUMM has been acquired by UK energy supplier RWE npower.

A partnership between biotechnology company Aeterna Zentaris and the Medical University of South Carolina aims to produce 10 new drug development candidates over a 10 year period.

The governor of New York makes a deal with lawmakers to double the venture capital fund announced in December 2014 bringing it to $100m.

Intellectual property commercialisation company, Frontier IP, that has worked with both Dundee University and St Andrews University, has reported a drop in revenue that has been reflected in a drop in its shares.

Cambridge University spinouts and startups based in the Cambridge business and technology cluster pull in $2.08bn in March.

Newcastle University and Aim-listed spinout E-Therapeutics heads to phase 1b trials with its cancer drug after upping its R&D budget.

Mark Crowell, an academic innovation and business development expert whose work has helped launch over 135 startups, has been appointed vice-president of innovation and economic development at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.

Chicago University researchers, through medical technology company Quant, aim to bring a new cardiac arrest warning system into hospitals.