
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.
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.