Catch up with this week's news.
SetSquared retains European incubator crown, Cambridge unveils ultimate battery, and Coursera raises another $61m – this week on GUV.
Inductosense feels no cracks in £489,000
Bristol spinout Inductosense wins £489,000 from government agency Innovate UK for wireless sensor technology.
Cambridge advances work on “ultimate” battery
Cambridge researchers gear up for commercialisation of ‘ultimate’ lithium-oxygen battery.
Coursera does series C homework for $61m
Open access education platform Coursera has reached the second close of its Times Internet-backed series C round after securing a commitment by EDBI.
SetSquared retains crown as Europe’s top university incubator
SetSquared named top university business incubator in Europe for third year running.
Frontier IP invests £500,000 into Plymouth spinout PulsiV to commercialise solar technology.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s tech transfer unit Yissum unveils $4m agtech fund.
Isis consults on £50m Chinese fund
President Xi Jinping’s UK visit leads to launch of £50m UK-China tech transfer fund with Oxford’s Isis as a consultant.
Vertex partners Crispr on cystic fibrosis
Pharmaceutical firm Vertex strikes $105m cash and equity deal with university IP-based Crispr Therapeutics.
Imperial AI spinout secures £1.5m
Imperial spinout Telectic secures £1.5m from Imperial Innovations ahead of 2016 launch of artificial intelligence technology.
Tai transplants $8.2m successfully
Tai Diagnostics, a life sciences firm developing tests for transplanted organs, raises $8.2m.
Cambridge biotechs to receive $150m boost
Biotech startups and spinouts in Cambridge, Massachusetts are set to receive $150m boost as fund aims for close.
Purdue University launches Agsoil Analytics to commercialise agtech for crop management and yields.
