FastBridge Learning spun out of University of Minnesota in 2015 and has been picked up by edtech firm Illuminate Education.

Stanford-founded autonomous driving spinout Drive.ai has been swept up by Apple, which will look to reinforce its self-driving unit with the company's assets and employees.

UT Austin-founded graph data developer Capsenta has been picked up by Data.world, which has integrated the spinout’s technology with its own product.

Harvard's Root Robotics markets an educational coding robot that teaches children about computer programming and has now been acquired by iRobot for an unspecified amount.

University of Central Florida's Cytosen has been acquired in an all-stock deal by Kiadis Pharma, in a transaction potentially worth up to $70m.

Merck & Co will pay up to $773m to acquire biopharmaceutical developer Tilos Therapeutics, based on research at Harvard Medical School and Brigham & Women’s Hospital.

Stanford spinout Tableau Software has agreed to a $15.7bn all-stock acquisition by Salesforce, six years after completing a $254m initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange.

Eriez is now the largest shareholder in Cardiff University-founded power fault protection technology spinout FaultCurrent, having previously invested a seven-figure sum.

Bio-Techne has bought University of Minnesota-founded genome editing platform operator B-Mogen Biotechnologies to solidify a business relationship that dates to 2016.

USI-founded fake news detection technology developer Fabula AI has been scooped up by Twitter, which will employ the spinout's talent to remove spam and abuse from its platform.