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Lidar technology developer Blickfeld has secured a $5.7m extension from investors including Unternehmertum Venture Capital Partners to bring its seed round to $10m.
Princeton and Spelman College are among the investors in 645 Ventures' $40m fund, targeting segments such as online marketplaces and digitally-native consumer brands.
Two initiatives open to projects from Michigan institutions have secured continued support from Michigan Strategic Fund.
Queensland crop breeding spinout Nexgen Plants has been backed by multi-university venture fund Uniseed, Business Development Fund and Yuuwa Capital.
Allied Minds has returned to back satellite intelligence gathering technology company HawkEye 360 after having taken part in an $11m round in 2016.
LBNL scientific analysis spinout Newomics has been backed by Berkeley Catalyst Fund to develop a testing platform initially targeting medical and biotech applications.
Frontier IP will take a 31.8% shareholding in NTPE, an electronics printing technology spinout from Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
MIT spinout Formlabs has achieved unicorn status after obtaining $15m from New Enterprise Associates.
Global University Venturing (GUV) is where tech transfer, academic and investment experts meet to explore the latest ideas and technologies driving innovation forward. We drive the discussions and share best practices that are critical to the success of spinouts, scaleouts and innovation programmes. Our aim is to help improve the processes of bringing innovations from academia to global markets and facilitate their integration into the broader business ecosystem.
