All from the week that was the third in July 2013.
Check what you might have missed last week with our weekly round-up of news from the week that was.
Stanford spin-out raises $30.6m series B funding led by IVP with participation from Citi Ventures and GE Ventures.
The Pakistani Government announces PKR 2.176bn ($21.6m) to back a range of projects that will stimulate growth through research commercialisation.
Solar panel developer Sol Voltaics, a spin-out of Lund University, receives $6m from Swedish Energy Agency.
Wolverine claws at ArborMetrix
Medical software developer ArborMetrix raises $7m from consortium of investors, including Michigan’s Wolverine Venture Fund.
University of Bath spin-out Glythera receives £700k from commercialisation firm the IP Group.
Berggren’s sudden California departure
The University of California loses its chief investment officer overseeing its $80bn investment portfolio with the sudden retirement of Marie Berggren.
Raytheon defuses with Loughborough
Defence contractor Raytheon develops IED detection devices with Loughborough spin off.
SETsquared, a university commercialisation partnership, is named one of the top incubators in Europe.
Harvard startup marks policing future
Harvard startup Mark43 lands $1.95m for policing technology.
Kate Tallman, former senior director for tech transfer offices at Boulder and Colorado Springs, takes the helm at the University of Colorado.
Ilika’s £3.3m present to parent
Cleantech firm Ilika wins a $5m grant from the EPSRC for its parent university, Southampton.
Sheffield biotech spin-out Absynth Biologics raises $1.3m from FusionIP and the North West Fund.
Pcovery, a spin-out of Aarhus and Copenhagen’s PUMPkin Centre, signs collaboration agreement with Argenta for anti-fungal infections.
UPenn finds tech transfer director
University of Pennsylvania names John Swartley associate vice provost for research and executive director of its Centre for Technology Transfer.
Sample6 Technologies hires Curran
Sample6 Technologies, a US-based company monitoring bacteria in food and backed by the local Boston University, hires Tim Curran as its chief executive.
Algenetix crosses Two Oceans for $2m
Algenetix, a US-based industrial biotech company, raises $2m in its series A round from a consortium including Two Oceans and other unnamed investors.
Nish Acharya becomes a senior adviser to US-based Northeastern University after leaving the government to assist the university with its global education strategy.
