Catch up on last week's university innovation news.
Australia university innovation venture funds could reach $800m next year, Bristol and SetSquared’s Ultrahaptics secure £10m, and UBI names Ryerson’s DMZ as North America’s top university business incubator.
Australia Post’s $20m e-commerce fund partners Melbourne’s accelerator
Postal firm Australia Post announces A$20m e-commerce fund with Melbourne University’s accelerator.
Aussie university venturing funds could reach $800m next year
Tides could be changing down under as universities anticipate $800m in new funds for university innovation by end of H1 2016.
Blue belt tied around Smith & Nephew
Carnegie Mellon University spinout Blue Belt Technologies acquired by Smith & Nephew for robotics technologies.
Long awaited US crowdfunding rules finally adopted
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopts crowdfunding rules after long wait.
Investment company launched by Duke’s former investment head raises $140.9m.
Oxford leapfrogs Cambridge on venturing
Oxford University overtakes Cambridge on raising funding for startups.
Ultrahaptics feels around series A
Bristol spinout Ultrahaptics secures £10.1m in series A backed by Woodford.
Caldan secures £4.45m to tackle diabetes
Glasgow and Southern Denmark spinout Caldan Therapeutics raises £4.45m from Epidarex.
Student accommodation startup Uniplaces lands $24m in series A.
Body Labs’s $8m is a perfect fit
Body scanner spinout Body Labs raises $8m to develop scanning technology into tools for developers.
No bones about OssDsign’s SEK 93m
Uppsala and Karolinska life sciences spinout OssDsign secures SEK 93m in round backed by Karolinska.
UBI names DMZ North America’s top university incubator
Ryerson University’s incubator DMZ named North America’s top university incubator by UBI Global.
Colorado spinout KMLabs wins $5.5m in support from Intel Capital for industrial lasers.
Computomics raises €500k through HTGF
Plant bioinformatics Max Planck and Tübingen spinout Computomics secures €500,000 ($544,000) in seed round backed by High-Tech Gründerfonds.
Swansea spinouts score with Swansea City
Shareholders in football team Swansea City announce intention to co-invest along with Swansea University Innovation Fund.
