Catch up with our regular roundup.

StartX gets its talons out

Data management firm BlueTalon secures $5m in series A round backed by Stanford StartX Fund.

 

Mississippi a rebel without a cause

Mississippi University alumni-backed Rebel Venture Capital Fund searches for students looking to launch startups.

 

Instructure builds bridge to $40m

Edtech firm Instructure secures $40m series E to support the launch of corporate learning platform Bridge.

 

Cambridge develops anti-ageing chocolate

Cambridge spin-out Cambridge Chocolate Technologies unveils chocolate with anti-ageing properties.

 

Merganser holds iron series A

Merganser Biotech, a company founded on UCLA tech, raises $28m series A.

 

Springpath bounces out of stealth with $34m

Stanford-backed data storage platform Springpath emerges from stealth mode with $34m in external funding.

 

Lineagen raises $15.8m in series C

Molecular diagnostics company Lineagen – linked to Utah University – raises $15.8m series C.

 

Mercia names life sciences head

Peter Dines named as Mercia Fund Management’s life sciences investment director.

 

Physical gaming world open to realm of possibilities

Realm, an Australia-based startup driven by research from Teeside University, launches Kickstarter to bring physical world into computer games.

 

Caddick to innovate at Wellcome

Charity investor the Wellcome Trust appoints director of innovations.

 

Mercia attracts further universities

Birmingham and Aston universities join four other universities as backers of Mercia Technologies following successful December IPO.

 

Boulder shows some flex

University of Colorado Boulder and Kelvin Thermal sign license for ultra-thin flexible electronics.

 

City’s eyes on structure

City University London spin-out Structured Eye looks to transform detection of eye diseases.

 

NTU startup scans for prints

Blacksmith, launched out of Nanyang Technological University, develops world’s first combined 3D scanner and printer.

 

Electric Field kicks up a storm

Michigan startup Electric Field Solutions acquired by oil and gas firm Premier for technology developed for measuring electric fields caused by Marian dust storms.

 

New York invests in investors

New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo announces $5m to be awarded to university-focused investors.

 

Oxehealth takes baby steps

Oxford spin-out Oxehealth successfully concludes trials into baby monitoring.

 

Sharks give Aberdeen firm teeth

Elasmogen, a biotech spin-out of Aberdeen University, secures US patent for its immunisation technology derived from sharks.