Utec-backed Chiba spinout Autonomous Control Systems Laboratory has filed for an initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and plans to list on December 21.

The institute has secured grant funding to coalesce its entrepreneurial services into a new centre partnered with corporates including Teva, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Alpha Omega.

Tokyo telemedicine spinout Miup has been backed by Beyond Next Ventures in its bid to build an AI-powered healthcare ecosystem in Bangladesh.

Crowdfunding platform Readyfor has unveiled its first funding round, with investors including Globis, since launching from the wings of Tokyo internet services spinout Ohma in 2014.

Osaka University and Kyoto Institute of Polymer Science have both put money behind automated patent investigation platform Gold IP, taking its funding to $4.6m altogether.

University of Tokyo-founded VC firm Deep 30 has pumped money into apparel industry services provider Liaro, which will use the cash to ramp up recruitment and R&D.

Tsinghua University has led a round for Trifo, with the funding to support the launch of the startup's smart home robot.

The university venture fund, once established, will be the first of its kind for Waseda University and will be raised in partnership with Well Investments and Beyond Next Ventures.

Fujifilm, Olympus and TechMatrix were among the participants in a round that boosted medical imaging technology spinout LPixel's funding to $35m altogether.

Ariel University spinout Innoging has made its public debut and will commercialise ultrasound technology that lets radiologists manipulate scans without the patient being present.