CMU-founded road surface analytics technology creator RoadBotics has now raised at least $11.4m, having signed up Radical Ventures and Hyperplane VC to its series A.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

ICL and Royal College of Art-founded edtech developer Sam Labs has now raised $19.8m in all to sustain the growth of its coding education kit business.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

MedaRed is targeting a blood-clotting factor called fibrin linked to neuron-toxic inflammation in diseases including Alzheimer’s, based on the work of Katerina Akassoglou at UCSF’s School of Medicine.

Armed with findings from University of Oxford's Department of Zoology, Blue Water Vaccines believes it has the blueprint for a universal influenza vaccine.

UTokyo Innovation Platform has contributed to a series A round for Connected Robotics, which develops cooking robots for restaurants.

Vaxess Technologies has received the final tranche of its $8.2m series A round led by MIT-affiliated incubator and venture capital fund The Engine.

Concordia University-allied deep learning tool developer Wrnch has secured strategic investment from Nikon.

Imec.xpand has co-led a $7m seed round for Pharrowtech, which is commercialising millimeter wave wireless technology based on research at Imec and Vrije Universiteit Brussel.