6Estates had previously raised $2m of funding for its market intelligence products based on research from NUS and Tsinghua University.

UAEpreneurs will operate with support from University of Manchester’s Middle East Centre in Dubai, providing 10 mainly digital-focused startups the opportunity to raise $50,000 to $250,000 in capital.

Chinese Academy of Sciences invested in a round that will be used to take Haihe's anti-tumour therapies further down the clinical path.

Incubated at Indian Institute of Science, Simyog has been backed by Robert Bosch for software that helps automotive parts manufacturers test for electromagnetic interference.

Francois Pichot has added the role of investment principal to his existing investment manager duties at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology’s innovation fund.

IIM Ahmedabad's incubator supplied seed funding to help environmental monitoring startup Oizom Instruments pursue marketing, product enhancements and R&D.

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad joined Unitus Ventures and Axilor Ventures to supply seed capital to radiology directory 5C Network, which helps hospitals access radiology expertise.

Hebrew University Jerusalem’s Yissum is tuning up an extension of its overseas commercialisation activities in the US, South America and China.

New York University has teamed up with corporate-backed biopharmaceutical incubator Futurx to spawn neurodegenerative disease drug developer Glixogen Therapeutics.

Samsung is reportedly eyeing Tel Aviv University-founded smartphone camera technology developer Corephotonics for $150m to $160m after backing its series B and C rounds.