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Last week’s news:
Oxford partners with Summit to treat DMD
Oxford University strikes licensing deal with Summit to develop drugs to combat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
Coursera funding keeps on coming
Online education platform Coursera adds $20m to series B round bringing its total to $63m.
Retinal implant firm Pixium Vision, a spin-out of Université Pierre et Marie Curie, raises €15m ($20.3m) in round led by Sofinnova Partners.
Japan focuses on start-up generation
A large part of the planned increase in start-ups is expected to come from universities and government research laboratories, the authorities said.
Tel Aviv’s TTO Ramot launches $17m Technology Innovation Momentum Fund.
Wolfson gestures with Elliptic
Oslo spin-out Elliptic Labs partners with Edinburgh-based Wolfson Microelectronics on gesture-based electronics.
LittleBits reimagines Lego with $11.1m
MIT-linked startup LittleBits lands $11.1m from a number of venture backers for toy electronics.
Elihuu, a startup connecting designers with manufacturers, raises $30,000 from Colorado Boulder students.
Fusion moves forward with Invest NI
Queen’s University Belfast spin-out Fusion Antibodies to further develop cancer treatments with Invest NI.
Avalon and GSK grow startups in the lab
GSK and Avalon announce the first startup fruit of $495m biotech alliance announced in April.
University of Michigan spin-out Arborlight has left the institution’s incubator with $500,000 in seed funding in its back pocket.
WSU spin-out Advaita targets $1m seed round as it looks to develop software for gene research.
University of Missouri nanotech spin-out Nanova raises $1.5m for expansion project.
UK-based commercialisation partnership brings 50 startups to London to pitch and compete for slice of $13m pie.