Northeastern startup Attendware raises $1m in a series A round led by .406 Ventures.

TheBestDay, a Sydney spin-out, secures AU$1m ($1.05m) to launch its social planning tools service.

Online ordering platform EatStreet, started by Wisconsin graduates, receives $2m in a series A round from new and existing backers.

Six co-founders, including Jon Flint, co-founder and general partner at Polaris, and inventor Robert Langer, professor and serial entrepreneur at MIT's Langer Labs Living Proof, launched Living Proof in 2004 to change how hair behaves using patented new molecules.

CMU spin out ATRP Solutions lands $2.6m from the National Science Foundation for cosmetics.

The company has committed $100m to the Catalyst Fund for early-stage start-ups, which may be available to university startups.

Nandi Proteins, a spin-out of Heriot Watt University, signs a deal with ingredients producer Tate & Lyle for technology.

University of Melbourne spinouts 121cast and Venuemob both receive funding from Optus, the Australian subsidiary of telecommunications firm Sing-Tel.

The round was led by Originate Ventures, and also saw participation from existing investor venture firm Point Judith Capital and additional angel investors.