Sectors

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

Healthcare planning software developer Hospital IQ secured $25m in a Baxter-led round while augmented reality platform developer Ubiquity6 and infant product retailer Mumzworld have been acquired.

Q&A with Michelle Moon, principal, LG Technology Ventures

Existing investor SoftBank was among the investors in a round which more than doubled the corporate fitness and wellness services provider's valuation.

The Cisco and Deutsche Telekom-backed interactive video advertising software provider will acquire an NYSE spot after the deal, valuing it at a $1.3bn pro-forma equity valuation.

CapitalG is in line to score an exit from the language learning app developer, which was valued at $2.4bn in its last funding round.

The Legal & General and Link Group-backed pension platform operator secured the primary funding along with a $76m secondary investment.

The surgical technology developer was valued at $3bn in a series C round backed by returning investor Cambridge Innovation Capital.

The Stanford spinout has gone public following a $238m IPO, after revealing that the university was also among the series B investors.

Karolinska Development-backed Biosergen has begun trading on the Nasdaq First Growth Market, having already undertaken a $5.9m offering earlier this month.

Suez Group has paid an undisclosed amount for water flow analytics provider Inflowmatix after investing $3.4m in the company in 2019.