The news roundup for the week ending 6 May 2016.
RayVio broadcasts news of $26m round
Tolero Ventures and Applied Materials returned to back the Boston spinout’s series C round, following their participation in a $9.3m series B in March 2015.
Ecomachines sells on Recycling Technologies stake
Ecomachines sells its shares in Warwick spinout Recycling Technologies to an undisclosed private investor.
Pixmap points the way to $1.4m
3D real-time mapping spinout Pixmap raises $1.4m in its seed round from International Technology Solutions.
Robin Rasor comes to Duke University to “put Duke’s licensing efforts on par with its excellence in research” as she is appointed director of the Office of Licensing and Ventures.
Edinburgh to capture industrial partner
Edinburgh hunts for a commercial partner to bring its ultra-pure hydrogen yield increasing technology to market.
Regional Biotech Forum discusses lessons
A panel on “Innovative and effective ways of developing and commercialising inventions” at the Regional Biotech Forum reviews corporate partnerships.
Berkeley graduate gives $6m back
A University of California, Berkeley graduate sets up a $6m fund to support companies emerging from the university in their pre-seed and seed rounds.
UCD serves up $1.9m for food manufacturing
University College Dublin researchers provide a vital role in a program to improve food manufacturing quality and safety in Ireland and around the world.
Michigan engineers medical fund
Michigan University’s latest fund brings together medical and engineering students through a $3m gift from the Monroe-Brown Foundation.
The Heriot-Watt University spinout raises $1.7m to invest in the manufacturing of its 3D photonic components that are used by datacoms, telecoms and mobile phone networks.
