Global University Venturing

General Motors led a series D round for the lithium-metal battery technology spinout of MIT formerly known as SolidEnergy Systems.

University of Louisville spinout Talaris has filed for an initial public offering on the Nasdaq Global Market.

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

The CIC-backed eye disease treatment developer has filed for a $100m initial public offering, having raised over $250m in funding in the past two years.

Synthesia was co-founded by researchers at UCL, Stanford, Cambridge and TUM to build a platform that generates video content using artificial intelligence.

UPMC Enterprises has co-led a seed round for the gene therapy developer.

Lumicks, which is developing single-molecule analysis technology based on research at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, has collected $93m.

University of Sheffield spinout Rinri Therapeutics has collected $13.9m from investors including Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund and UCB Ventures.

Tectonic Therapeutic is the latest venture undertaken by Harvard’s serial entrepreneur Timothy Springer, who co-led the series A round.

Alchemab Therapeutics has raised $80m to advance research originating at University of Oxford, Johns Hopkins University and Mount Sinai Hospital.

MaC Venture Capital has raised its inaugural seed fund thanks to limited partners including University of Michigan and Howard University.