Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
IonQ, a US-based quantum computing technology spinout of University of Maryland and Duke University research, has increased its series B funding to $84m with an undisclosed amount from aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Martin, venture capital firm Cambium and Robert Bosch Venture Capital, the corporate venturing unit for industrial equipment maker Robert Bosch. IonQ is developing trapped-ion quantum computers that would run from the cloud to enable remote algorithms across a range of industries. It secured $55m from Samsung Catalyst Fund,…