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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 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.
University of Colorado Boulder and Kelvin Thermal sign license for ultra-thin flexible electronics.
City University London spin-out Structured Eye looks to transform detection of eye diseases.
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 State Governor Andrew Cuomo announces $5m to be awarded to university-focused investors.
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.