Recap the week's stories with our roundup.
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University College London launches immunotherapy firm Autolus with £30m ($45m) backing from Syncona Partners.
Immunotherapy developer Ultimovacs secures $5.9m
Norway-based Ultimovacs raised the funding through a share placement to investors including corporates Canica and Sundt.
Tech transfer pioneer Jennings set to retire
Cambridge Enterprise veteran Richard Jennings plans to retire from deputy director role in March.
Chapel Hill raises $5m for venturing
Chapel Hill launches university venture capital fund worth $5m to assist the institution’s commercialisation efforts.
Qiming helps Apus develop $100m series B
Qiming backs the app developer’s $100m series B round, raised only a few months after its $7m series A.
Minnesota research has magnetic appeal
Minnesota University develops a ‘sustainable’ magnet and plots route to market.
Home robotics around the corner
MIT spin-out Jibo raises $25.3m series A to bring robots in the home.
Windsor entrepreneurship backed with $1.1m donation
Windsor University receives $1.1m donation from Province of Ontario to back student entrepreneurship.
Danish firm increases brainpower
Brain+, a Denmark-based startup developing brain training games in collaboration with Copenhagen University, secures “several million dollars” investment round.
Stanford StartX dreams of life on the farm
Stanford StartX fund named as one of the backers in $1m round for food delivery startup Farm Hill.
Cantargia files for IPO in Sweden
The Lubio-backed biopharmaceutical company’s initial public offering is set to raise more than $12.2m and will support development of its leukaemia treatment.
Former Navy Seal aims sights on PTSD
Resilience Therapeutics raises $975,000 to target PTSD.
Feops runs simulation on €1.3m
Ghent spin-out Feops secures €1.3m ($1.5m) for its 3D simulations of cardiovascular interventions.
Tartu prints its way onto the 3D map
Tartu University puts Estonia on the 3D printer map with fresh spin-out EDM Machinery.
China’s $6.5bn fund just tip of the iceberg
Following the news of China’s startup-focused $6.5bn fund launch, Global Government Venturing editor James Mawson looks back at the country’s efforts to bolster venture capital.
Evotec addicted to Manchester’s C4XD
Germany-based pharmaceutical firm Evotex announces partnership with C4XD to combat addiction.
Venture capital surges to dot com levels
US startup community secures $48.3bn in venture capital over 2014.
PureLiFi lights up the web with £1.5m
Edinburgh spin-out PureLiFi secures £1.5m ($2.27m), with second funding announcement expected later in the year.
