Redbud Capital is among the limited partners in Longwater Investment’s advanced materials-focused fund, which also features several corporates.

Pixie Dust Technologies, which promotes university-derived technologies from Japan, has received $34.7m in a round that included KDDI, Kansai Electric Power, NEC, Toppan, Dai-ichi Life and Dentsu.

The university has signed up Grab Ventures Velocity, part of ride hailing service Grab, to its new UI Works startup accelerator.

Farm e-commerce company On the Slope has won support from Kyoto University’s KU-iCap, with the funding allocated for expansion in several Asian countries.

The TAU 3D imaging spinout has closed its seed round after previously receiving capital from the university’s Technology Innovation Momentum Fund.

Kaust-founded crop growing technology developer Red Sea Farms secured the capital from Kaust's Innovation Fund and the latter's strategic co-investment partner Research Products Development Company.

Cargill Protein, Strauss Group and M-Industry all contributed to a series A round for cell-based meat developer Aleph, based on research at Technion– Israel Institute of Technology.

Keren Primor Cohen has been promoted to CEO of Tel Aviv University’s TTO as the successor to Shlomo Nimrodi, who has departed after seven years in the post.

The university announced an incubator tie-up with Bangkok Bank that will support entrepreneurial faculty and students, as well as an initiative intended to glean insights from international partners.

FAW Group will reportedly provide $100m for TUS Holdings-backed Byton for a $500m round likely to value the electric SUV developer at more than $2.5bn.