Liverpool Chirochem, a spinout of Liverpool University, has secured £770,000 ($1.16m) from private venture firms and angel backers.
Founded in 2014, the company raised its money from online crowdfunding site Syndicate Room. The money will be used to develop its overseas operations.
Chirochem makes specialist chemicals used in pharmaceutical research.
The University of Kentucky has formed an industry-university partnership to advance aspects such as sustainable agriculture in the whiskey distilling industry.
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