Global University Venturing

Northwestern University has unveiled plans for a multi-million-dollar technology accelerator on campus.

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

Yale and Columbia-linked Certik has secured $24m in additional funding, just one month after securing $37m in its series B round.

CAS Star-backed MinoSpace has added $46m in pre-series B funding to its coffers.

ASU-backed Forage has added Telstra Ventures and Citi Ventures to its list of shareholders through a $25m series B round.

Utah spinout Techcyte has received $21m in funding, three and a half years after its series A round.

University of Cambridge has taken part in a $13.9m series A round for its spinout Echion Technologies.

Hannover Medical School spinout Cardior has welcomed both new and existing backers, such as Bristol Myers Squibb, for a series B round led by Inkef Capital.

Exploiting research at University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, Novasenta has been established with $20m in seed financing.

Osage University Partners is among the returning backers that have helped push Stanford-linked Dice Molecules’ total funding to around $200m.

Over the past few years, roughly a fifth to a quarter of all corporate investors whose deals we track appear to be newcomers.