Aces has obtained a eight-figure amount from University of Tokyo-focused venture fund Deep30, which mainly backs AI technologies from the university's Matsuo Lab.

UCL Technology Fund and Parkwalk Advisors have backed UCL and Bristol-founded quantum computing software developer Phasecraft.

Free-roam VR experience technology company Holodeck VR has been backed by ProSiebenSat.1 Media, raising the prospect of business development collaborations with the corporate's television networks.

Sheffield cell therapy spinout Rinri secured corporate backing from Boehringer Ingelheim and UCB in a seed round that will drive work on stem cell-based treatments for hearing loss.

The Parkwalk-managed co-investment fund has supplied Cambridge cancer therapy spinout PolyProx Therapeutics with capital, augmenting a $4.4m seed round for the latter announced earlier this month.

The TAU 3D imaging spinout has closed its seed round after previously receiving capital from the university’s Technology Innovation Momentum Fund.

Space Audit Systems has been founded on University of Wolverhampton intellectual property to market software that formalises the process of auditing space usage.

Meditation device manufacturer Core has attracted $4m from seed investors including Stanford-StartX Fund as it ramps up towards the full release of its product.

Modvion was founded with support from Chalmers Ventures and will collaborate with Chalmers University of Technology to construct a prototype wind electricity tower made from laminated timber near Gothenburg.

Seattle Children’s EHR management software publisher MDMetrix has now raised $4m in all following a seed round backed by the investment arm of Washington Research Foundation.