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Imperial compiles Beetlebox
Beetlebox has been launched by Imperial Innovations to commercialise research conducted by Andrew Swirski.
Tehran to open startup studio
The hub will operate a venture capital fund, an accelerator and a facilitator of university-industry collaboration.
Three spin in to UCD
Epic Conjoint, This is Seaweed and Travacoin have spun into NovaUCD, the innovation hub at University College Dublin, with a view of raising $8.7m within two years.
BGU to spark $1m fund
The fund will back dozens of project teams each year, while giving some students and graduates a spot on its investment committee.
Orbit encounters $9.1m series A
The Oxford spinout has lured funding from OSI and the university itself as it aims to meet performance milestones for its peptide drug discovery programs.
Magnify zooms in on more startups
UCLA’s Magnify is looking for more local startups to join the 21 companies it currently supports, 80% of which operate in the life science sector.
Envelio electrifies $1.2m
The RWTH Aachen University spinout has won the support of High-Tech Gründerfonds for its power grid management software.
Berbee to chair Warf
Jim Berbee first joined Warf’s board in 2012 after completing a medical residency at University of Wisconsin-Madison Hospital and Clinics.
VTT targets $46.3m fund
The vehicle will feature contributions from the Finnish government and the European Investment Fund to support research and science-orientated businesses across Finland.
Bloom ripens seed funding
The newly-launched UCLA spinout is targeting rare and treatment-resistant forms of epilepsy with an approach drawing on certain kinds of gut bacteria.
Evotec makes it three for three
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is the third institution to gain an academic bridge program in collaboration with Evotec, with the latest instalment dubbed Lab591.
Affolter-Caine heads for Michigan’s URC
Britany Affolter-Caine has been with URC as program manager since 2012 and completed her PhD in higher education policy at University of Michigan in 2007.
Opsydia shines in De Beers deal
Oxford spinout Opsydia has been officially launched and revealed an agreement with De Beers’ lab-grown diamond subsidiary, Lightbox Jewellery.
Imperial makes note of Digital Care Planning
Digital Care Planning has spun out from the university to commercialise a digital tool for recording a patient’s medical preferences in situations where they have become incapacitated.
Arizona transfuses licences to MCR Therapeutics
MCR Therapeutics will develop peptides to stimulate the production of melanin, a pigment which shields humans against ultraviolet rays and skin cancer.
DheeYantra understands seed input
DheeYantra has raised an undisclosed sum from investors including Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad to build out its NLP software for native Indian vernaculars.
Lava heats up with MRL funding
Cancer therapy developer Lava Therapeutics has raised $18.6m in a round featuring Merck Research Laboratories unit MRL Ventures.
Satsense measures $1m seed round
Leeds has backed its new subsidence measuring spinout Satsense in a round which also featured corporate Unipart Rail and government-backed Northern Power Investment Fund.
Parkwalk is hooked on Tangentix
Bradford spinout Tangentix, which previously received funding from Parkwalk in 2014, operates a digital platform for computer game trials.
CTT grabs $5.5m series A1
Cambridge Touch Technologies has added $5.5m in series A1 funding to its coffers thanks to investors including Cambridge Enterprise.
Ku retires from Stanford OTL
Katharine Ku, head of Stanford University’s tech transfer office, is retiring today after having led the unit for 27 years and will be replaced by Karin Immergluck.
Neurent catches scent of $10.9m series A
NUI Galway’s Neurent Medical has been backed by government investors WDC and Enterprise Ireland as it continues development on its rhinitis treatment device.
MEIF helps Locate to $2.7m round
Nottingham spinout Locate Therapeutics is developing a polymer-based material that ensures stem cells and other therapies can be injected with precision.