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No sausages at SetSquared, says UBI Index
UBI Index warns UK university incubators are in danger of becoming “sausage factories” and praises SetSquared for bucking the trend.
New horizons for Cambridge spin-out
Horizon Discovery, a University of Cambridge spin-out, floats on London’s Aim.
Pittsburg’s Complexa prepares for human trials
Pittsburgh life sciences spin-out Complexa gears up for human trials of anti-inflammatory drugs.
Parchment raises $10m in follow-up funding to develop digital credentials.
Teknically built on friendship
Wilfrid Laurier University startup Teknically picks up award at Canadian Business Model Competition.
Twitter in sync with SetSquared startup
Broadcast TV and advert social analytics company SecondSync, who developed their business in conjunction with SetSquared, has been acquired by Twitter.
University of Central Florida banking on nanotechnology
University of Central Florida plans to educate entrepreneurs in $1.2 trillion nanotech industry.
Carnegie Mellon University has been awarded $1.5bn by a federal judge who ruled in their favour in a patent infringement case against the Marvell Technology Group.
Central Michigan uncorks $75K in seed funding
More than 20 teams competed for the top $30,000 prize in the Central Michigan University’s 2014 New Venture Competition.
Teepees and Taxis lure prizes for 2014 Leeds Business Plan Competition
Leeds competition attracts numerous university contenders for best business plans.
Mints, a University of Michigan venture fund reinvests in Crossbar – a company developing non-volatile resistive random access memory (RRAM) technology.
Adelaide partners with Valence Industries
Research from University of Adelaide leads to A$800,000 ($740,000) commercialisation agreement with Valence Industries.
NeuMoDx measures its way to $21m series B
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer led the round for the company, which has now raised $26m in total.
Intelligent Energy stores a further $63m
The fuel cell developer, which has received funding from investors including defunct Russian oil company Yukos, has secured $63m from Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund.
Osage University Partners and Mints, a University of Michigan venture fund, both invest in Psikick.
2U educates on online future with $120m IPO
Online education software provider 2U secures $120m in IPO.
