Catch up with all the week’s news with our regular roundup:
OSI grows to £320m with Google’s backing
Oxford Sciences Innovation blows past target to reach £320m a little over a month after launching with the help of Google Ventures.
Strathclyde spin-out gels with expansion
Strathclyde’s Biogelx secures £630,000 to take hydrogels overseas.
Canterbury researcher cleans up at KiwiNet Awards
Canterbury University’s Andy Buchanan wins KiwiNet awards hat trick for timber-based multi-storey buildings.
Tsinghua makes first moves into the US
Tsinghua becomes first Chinese university to establish a physical presence in US following partnership on innovation with Washington.
Top US patent filing universities ranked
The top 100 universities worldwide for filing US patents are ranked by NAI and IPO.
TransGenex gets boost against cancer
South Florida University spin-out TransGenex secures backing from Florida Institute for the Commercialisation of Public Research.
Boulder rolls in new VC for research
Colorado University names new vice chancellor for research at its Boulder campus.
Case Western spin-out CardioInsight sells to Medtronic for $93m.
Co Angel has Gelexir for Manchester
Manchester back pain spin-out Gelexir secures £414,000 via Co Angel Investment.
Innsbruck joins immunotherapy crowd
ViraTherapeutics, spun-out of Medical University of Innsbruck, joins growing immunotherapy sector with €3.6m series A.
Celtic claims innovation prize
Edinburgh Napier spin-out Celtic Renewables named Europe’s most innovative biotech SME for making biofuel out of whisky remains.
KiwiNet gets thumbs up from MBIE
New Zealand’s Ministry for Business, Innovation, and Employment backs commercialisation partnership KiwiNet with three year funding contract.
Northwestern spin-out Tanvas secures $5m series A to commercialise added sensory output for touchscreen devices.
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