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Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
Strathclyde spinout Smarter Grid Solutions has been bought by Mitsubishi Electric for an undisclosed figure.
Evonik has bought one of its existing portfolio companies, Friedrich Schiller University Jena spinout JeNaCell, for an undisclosed sum.
Based on research originally conducted at MIT, Tepha has been purchased by BD for an undisclosed sum.
OUP has exited Algorithmia following its acquisition by DataRobot for an undisclosed sum.
Icahn School of Medicine spinout Sema4 has completed a reverse merger with CM Life Sciences to begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.
Tracker Capital Management has led a $42m series C round for Accion Systems, acquiring a majority stake in the MIT-linked company in the process.
The UChicago-backed digital home insurance provider is joining forces with Omnichannel Acquisition Corp at a valuation of just over $1bn.
MIT’s battery technology spinout will collect $200m in a private investment in public equity financing and list on the New York Stock Exchange.
VIB and V-Bio Ventures have both participated in a series A round for Muna Therapeutics, the result of a merger of two recent spinouts.
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.
