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St. Louis off to quick start

Washington University in St. Louis launches new platform to help accelerate translation of innovations from university to marketplace.

G1 banks $33m series B

Chapel Hill spin-out G1 Therapeutics lands $33m series B for less toxic oncology treatments.

StartX expands its investment

Stanford-StartX fund brings in new talent as investment vehicle continues to climb.

Alusid on the Frontier

Frontier IP, a subsidiary of commercialisation firm IP Group, gears portfolio firm Alusid up for commercialisation.

Nottingham gets behind Monica

Nottingham University joins consortium backing Monica Healthcare’s £2m ($3m) round.

Wave builds $18m series A

Contract research company SNBL has backed an $18m series A round for Wave Life Sciences, which focuses on engineering precise molecular structures for drug development.

CMU goes into uber drive

Carnegie Mellon University signs strategic alliance with taxi app Uber to develop self-driven cabs.

Data SaaS targets unis with $16m raise

Civitas Learning, a Software-as-a-Service predictive analysis edtech platform, nets $16m in series C.

Stanford backs multi-router approach to Wifi

Stanford University named as one of the investors in Wifi startup Eero’s $5m venture round.

Poor standards generate windfall for Missouri

Missouri University to benefit from national settlement with Standard & Poor’s leads to creation of medical school.

Young brings startup know-how to Texas

University startup pioneer Michael Young departs Washington University for Texas A&M.

Tsinghua travels with Uthing.cn

Tsinghua Holdings one of the backers in $10m series A for Uthing.cn.

Bern offers hope for DMD

Bern spin-out Synthena drives promising clinical trials into duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Texas firm scans for $6.7m

Medtech spin-out of Texas A&M University 3Scan secures $6.7m series A.

Quby warms up on Joulo

Southampton smart thermostat spin-out Joulu picked up by smart energy firm Quby.

Kimble targets US

Professional services automation provider Kimble Applications targets US market after raising $1.8m.