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FPC to fete Tsinghua spinouts with $40m
Education, health and security technology projects from Tsinghua University’s X-lab incubator could receive funding from Future Planet Capital.
Midlands Innovation to collaborate on IP work
The universities of Aston, Birmingham, Cranfield, Keele, Leicester, Loughborough, Nottingham and Warwick plan to launch a unified intellectual property office.
Emera grants $100,000 to New Mexico Tech
The university’s tech transfe office will use the award to back pre-seed stage projects and encourage links between internal research teams and the wider New Mexico ecosystem.
Tovala cooks up $9.2m series A
Smart oven developer and University of Chicago spinout Tovala has been backed by UChicago Startup Investment Program in an Origin Ventures-led round.
The University College London gene therapy spinout has completed a series B round backed by the institution’s UCL Technology Fund.
Aptinyx processes $70m series B
Northwestern University and Osage University Partners both returned to back a $70m series B for Aptinyx, having previously contributed to a $65m series A round in May 2016.
CorrosionRadar is gearing up to trial sensors for identifying deep corrosion in oil and gas pipeline.
Biosceptre caps $10.7m series A
The oncology developer has been funded by Tsinghua University’s VC arm ahead of clinical trials of its BIL06v vaccine.
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