Monash University has spun out Cincera Therapeutics, which will work on treatments for metabolic syndrome and type-2 diabetes-related conditions.

Ditto has turned University of Leeds research into an automated advisor bot that gives plain-speaking technical guidance with a high degree of accountability.

ACT has made a strategic investment in Smart Sparrow, an online learning platform spun out from University of New South Wales.

Oxford spinout Bodle Technologies has secured series A funding from investors including university venture fund Oxford Sciences Innovation.

Humboldt University of Berlin spinout Newsenselab has lured High-Tech Gründerfonds and Think.Health Ventures back to the table after an earlier six-figure round in November 2016.

Smart oven developer and University of Chicago spinout Tovala has been backed by UChicago Startup Investment Program in an Origin Ventures-led round.

Diabetes diagnostics developer Zenomics has received $5.8m from biomedical device producer MicroPort Scientific in the first tranche of its first funding round.

Triangle Venture Alliance has made its inaugural investment, backing medical device manufacturer 410 Medical.

The Warwick spinout has received $5.1m in capital from investors such as Mercia Technologies to fund commercialisation of a transdermal ibuprofen patch.