A recap of the week's news.
Missed out on the past week’s tech transfer news? Catch up with our regular roundup:
Internet giant Google winds down parcel delivery service and Waterloo startup Bufferbox after purchasing the company last year.
Queen Mary University of London spin-out Activiomics sells to AIM-listed Retroscreen Virology Group for £4m ($6.7m).
Media startup Watchup receives $1m backing from Microsoft Ventures and its incubator StartX.
Leeds spin-out Xeros intends to take near-waterless washing machine technology to AIM.
UCLA spin-out Water Planet Engineering enters into joint development agreement with 3M on polymer material.
QUB’s engines fired up with £1m
Queen’s University of Belfast big data spin-out Analytics Engines lands £1m ($1.6m) from Crescent Capital.
Russian science aims for growth
The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology launches $30m seed fund.
The Welsh Government considers £100m ICT drive to sit alongside its life sciences fund.
Ohio startups find new source of seed funding following $7m partnership between Ohio State University, TechColumbus, and Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
Novasentis finds money in new name
Penn State spin-out Strategic Polymer Sciences secures $8m series B and name change to Novasentis.
Cyber security fears to fuel booming valuations
Global Corporate Venturing editor Toby Lewis discusses what’s fueling cyber security’s fire.
Lincolnshire science park finds head
University of Lincoln appoints first director of its Lincoln Science and Innovation Park.
Canon pictures Molecular Imprints IP
Imaging giant Canon snaps up part of University of Texas at Austin spin-out Molecular Imprints’ business.