The news roundup for the week ending 12 February 2016.
University of Maryland, Baltimore hopes to treat cancer by inking a deal with Immunocellular Therapeutics to support three T-cell therapy-related projects.
StayNTouch books in Stanford for $9.5m series A
Stanford University has helped the hotel property management system developer complete a series A round that will support Asian expansion.
Qubis discovers Cirdan Imaging in $5m round
Enterprise software supplier Kainos joined Queen’s University Belfast’s TTO for medical diagnostics company Cirdan’s latest round.
MIT spinout Nutonomy supports the move to self-driving vehicles as it raises $3.6m in seed funding.
Cambridge University breaks its own seed funding record for the third year in a row, investing $5.5m last year.
The Washington University spinout raises capital to develop a therapy for pancreatic cancer.
University of Washington’s IT department spins out a digital content management firm called MediaAmp with its platform already in use at three universities.
Oxford University spins out Orbit Discovery as it secures funding for its peptide discovery program.
Veniam makes series B connection for $22m
Verizon led a round for the connected vehicle technology developer that also included Cisco, Orange and Yamaha Motor Company.
Federated Wireless connects to $22m series A
Allied Minds invests in its subsidiary Federated Wireless’ $22m series A round to help it bring its phone spectrum management system to market.
Cambridge Touch Technologies, which develops 3D touch screen systems, raises an investment of undisclosed size from Cambridge University’s commercialisation arm.
