Yield Capital, established by a Tsinghua University institute, has partnered Hyundai Motor to raise a total of $100m for a hydrogen-focused fund.

Kyoto University Innovation Capital is partnering Infinite Capital Holding as part of efforts to let spinouts conduct clinical trials in China.

Ben Soffer will stand down as managing director of Technion Technology Transfer after 13 years in charge.

HUJ’s tech transfer arm still hopes to raise a further $3m for the fund to close it at $9m and has already invested in three technologies.

Bsense Bio Therapeutics has emerged from stealth with a round of undisclosed size that involved Takeda Ventures and Johnson & Johnson Innovation–JJDC.

The nine-figure renminbi sum follows a series A round of undisclosed size two years ago that was backed by THG Ventures.

Universities in Japan will be given the right to take long-term equity in spinouts as the government looks to improve availability of funding for homegrown research.

UCLA co-led the online meat and fish merchant's series C round, which included Bertelsmann, Sistema Asia and Vertex Ventures.

The venture fund of Tel Aviv University has added 3D printing technology developer Castor and geolocation platform provider Hoopo to its portfolio.

Technion’s robotic surgery business Mazor Robotics has been snapped up by medical device developer Medtronic, which had already invested $72m in the company.