The Global University Venturing deal net rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem.

Keelvar, an Ireland-based automation and optimisation software for enterprise procurement spun out of University College Cork, has raised $24m in a series B round led by 83North, the Irish Times reported yesterday. Venture firms Elephant, Mosaic, Paua and private investor Bastian Nomichacher also took part in the series B round, with the former three having previously supported an $18m series A round in 2020.

Solithor, a Belgium-based solid-state battery technology developer, has received €10m ($10.5m) in a seed round led…

Thierry Heles

Thierry Heles is editor-at-large of Global University Venturing and Global Corporate Venturing, and host of the Beyond the Breakthrough podcast.