News from the past week.
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CMU spin-out Safaba raises undisclosed amount in private equity backing for machine translation technology.
International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation unveils European conference details.
Life Tech partners for perfect pints
Biotech Life Technologies announces partnership with Munich spin-out PIKA Weihenstephan for brewing and beverage testing.
Bristol spin-out goes transatlantic
Material testing and monitoring firm Imetrum eyes American markets with new hire.
Birmingham’s Robocop to commercialise
Robotic security guards or care home assistants look to jump from fiction to reality with the commercialisation of University of Birmingham research.
Medimmune’s $500m for Amplimmune
Johns Hopkins University spin-out Amplimmune acquired by Medimmune in deal worth up to $500m.
Edinburgh spin-out on the move
Aquila BioMedical moves to Edinburgh’s life sciences ‘BioQuarter’, Nine, ahead of fundraising.
Hopper calls for more IP to SMEs
Outgoing president of the Institution of Engineering and Technology Andy Hopper calls for universities to give more IP to SMEs.
Imperial Innovations co-founds smartphone app developer Yoyo with $380k investment.
The University of Southampton receives £3.3m ($5.11m) boost to nanotech research and commercialisation.
Oxford spin-out Oxford Advanced Surfaces halts investment in VISARC technology.
The University of Colorado signs an exclusive option agreement with research firm FAST Ceramics for ceramic materials.
