This week on GUV.
RetroSense secures second investment in a year
Wayne State University biopharmaceutical spinout Retrosense secures $6m series B – its second investment this year.
Massive open online course provider Udacity raises $105m.
Venture firm Elevar raises $74m in its third fund, with LPs including a university endowment.
Oxford Guild sets up university-focused accelerator
Oxford’s careers society Oxford Guild launches accelerator with a fund to back student entrepreneurship.
Waterloo’s Voltera wins Dyson award
Voltera V-One, a Waterloo startup developing a custom circuit board printer, has secured this year’s James Dyson award.
InoCardia passes Mercia’s test
Coventry drug safety testing spinout InoCardia secures £300,000 from Mercia Fund Management.
Nightstar burns bright with $35m
Oxford’s life sciences firm NightstaRx raises $35m in series B.
Liverpool’s Chirochem secures $1.16m
Liverpool chemistry spinout Liverpool Chirochem raises £770,000 ($1.16m).
Lab grown burger looks for investment beef
Maastricht University launches Mosameat to hunt for €10m to commercialise lab-grown burgers.
Biological has right DNA for $26.8m
San Diego spinout Biological Dynamics secures $26.8m in series C backed by large institutional investor.
Oxford’s Bodle displays new investment
Oxford Sciences Innovation and other Oxford funds back display spinout Bodle Technologies.
Johns Hopkins partners Luminox on $30m healthcare fund
Johns Hopkins University partners Luminox on Israel-focused healthcare fund worth $30m.
