Rogue has achieved a first close for its fourth fund, although it is as-yet unclear whether Oregon State University is again an investor.

Today's deal net contains news from PGDx, Notch Therapeutics, Quell Therapeutics, SpyBiotech, Vision Medicals, Future Meat Technologies, BusUp and Advanced Chemotherapy Technologies.

NC State is the first of a planned five academic partners to benefit from on-campus commercialisation experts and access to capital.

PreSeed Ventures-backed Vivino runs a wine recommendation platform and has raised $155m in a series D round after adding 21 million users in three years.

An undisclosed US university endowment has helped the consumer-focused venture firm hit a $118m final close for its second fund, surpassing its $100m target in the process.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

University of Zurich has generated 143 spinouts since 1999, 75 out of which were founded in the past decade.

Retail brand management business Soci has assembled $115m to date from investors including Stanford University's Daper Fund.

Today’s deal net round ups the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem that have occurred over the holiday period.

Bar-Ilan University’s textile developer Sonovia has completed an $18.5m initial public offering on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.