A round up of all the latest news on www.globaluniversityventuring.com for our subscribers.
Aylien lands $2.3m investment round
Aylien will recruit 70 more staff and launch its text analysis software following a round backed by the University Bridge Fund.
Connected stove developer MF Fire has become the first portfolio company of the Maryland Momentum Fund.
UVU rings in $25,000 student VC fund
The UVU Wolverine Fund will challenge student entrepreneurs at Utah Valley University with the management of a bona fide VC vehicle.
Eversens samples $765,000 in funding
The Public University of Navarre spinout will use the funds to prepare clinical trials of its biomarker-based asthma diagnosis device.
Giaran blends into Shiseido Americas
Northeastern University cosmetics-focused artificial intelligence spinout Giaran has been acquired by Shiseido Americas for an undisclosed sum.
Vidrovr reels in $1.25m seed round
The Columbia University spinout has received cash from the investment arms of Samsung, Verizon and R/GA.
Johns Hopkins serves up impact incubator
Businesses dealing with beekeeping, cuisine and healthcare have all made the agenda of Johns Hopkins University’s 2017-2018 Social Innovation Lab.
Microbiosensor finds hue of $920,000 investment
Microbiosensor will use the funding to advance its handheld infection diagnosis tool through critical development and clinical testing.
Nightstar picks up Stargadt licence
Nightstar has added a licence for a potential treatment of Stargardt disease to its portfolio.
ADCendo secures Copenhagen licence
ADCendo will develop a single oncology therapy combining antibodies with cytotoxic drugs used during chemotherapy.
IP Group transmits seed round to Chromosol
Chromosol is commercialising optical amplifiers for semiconductors that transmit data via light pulses rather than as electrical signals.
Optimus Ride accelerates to raise $18m
The autonomous vehicle technology developer, spun out of MIT, has secured $18m in series A funding to increase its vehicle fleet and expand its team.
Ribometrix rides out seed round with $7.5m
Abbvie and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma participated in the UNC spinout’s first round through their corporate venturing units.
Embodied Intelligence studies $7m seed round
The cash will help the company develop technology that allows machines to learn new tasks after they have received instructions through a virtual reality headset.
Anfiro filters $1.1m seed round
Anfiro, which has licensed Purdue and Notre Dame research, aims to complete a prototype of its polymer-based water treatment system by 2018.
Northwestern University spinout Exicure, formerly known as AuraSense Therapeutics, has added $11.2m to its latest funding round with contributions from Purple Arch Ventures.
Topas has closed its series A round at nearly $21m, following a $4.6m extension that will be used to advance potential autoimmune disease therapies towards clinical trials.
Seven reasons you should choose technology transfer as your next career
Dipanjan Nag provides an insight into technology transfer as a profession and offers seven reasons why you should consider one.
3YourMind erects $12m series A
Unternehmertum Venture Capital Partners has taken part in a $12m series A round for 3YourMind, an additive manufacturing spinout of Technical University of Berlin.
Spero hits public markets with $77m IPO
The bacterial infections drug developer, based on research at Harvard Medical School, has gone public.
Instart Logic finishes $30m round
The Stanford-StartX fund-backed cloud computing optimisation platform has brought in $30m in a round that took its total funding to $140m.
