Carnegie Mellon University spinout and Google Lunar Xprize competitor Astrobotic raises $2.5m as it plans to take personal mementos to the moon to claim Google's award.

IP Group has invested in Consequential Robotics as the company is spun out of Sheffield University.

Mercia Fund Management backs Bristol University spinout Pertinax Pharma as it begins to scale up the production of its chlorhexidine-based product.

Arpa-E, the US government advanced energy research project, reinvests in compressed gas refuelling technology spinout Onboard Dynamics, contributing to $3m round.

The Heriot-Watt University spinout raises $1.7m to invest in the manufacturing of its 3D photonic components that are used by datacoms, telecoms and mobile phone networks.

3D real-time mapping spinout Pixmap raises $1.4m in its seed round from International Technology Solutions.

Yup obtains capital from StartX Fund and existing investors as the tutoring platform renames itself from Mathcrunch and adds chemistry and physics to its offering.

UCD spinout Oxymem has created technology to reduce the energy consumption of wastewater treatment by 75%.