4Paradigm has now won backing from Tsinghua University Science Park for its technology, which helps clients build AI apps for purposes including financial services.

Kaust-founded solar panel cleaning technology developer Nomadd Desert Solutions has gained funding and a strategic alliance with grid project developer Cepco.

Baidu has provided Robot++ with pre-series A funding following an angel round backed by a Tsinghua incubator in April 2018.

Tokyo's experiential robot developer Telexistence has won funding from a investors including the university's Innovation Platform and a host of corporates.

Tsinghua’s Tus-Holdings is weighing up a venture capital fund as part of a $584m push into Japan’s artificial intelligence, fintech and robotics sectors.

Synthetic silk developer Spiber spun out of Keio University in 2007 and has now raised a total of more than $260m.

Cheng Choong Hung, formerly of Nanyang Technological University’s innovation arm, allegedly cheated organisations including NTU of $225,000.

Xi'an Jiaotong University's foundation was among the investors in domestic services booking platform 24tidy as the company increased its total to at least $62.7m.

Legend Holdings has backed the insurance brokerage whose existing shareholders include Tsinghua Holdings and Fosun.

The company has raised $14.4m from investors including Tsinghua University’s THG Ventures for its range of integrated circuit design services.