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Alaska Permanent Fund and Qatar Investment Authority were among the investors in a series C round for Codiak Biosciences, based on research at Gothenburg and Texas universities.
The commercialisation firm, which launched operations down under earlier this year, has appointed several members to its senior executive team.
The precision medicine research spinout from Cold Spring Habor Laboratory has secured seed capital in a round led by Dynamk Capital.
SenseTime, founded by Chinese University of Hong Kong professor Tang Xiaoou, has begun exploring an initial public offering as early as 2018.
The University of Oxford Innovation Fund IV is seeking commitments from alumni and other investors to support the Oxford ecosystem.
The mobility tool spinout has received an Innovate UK grant and equity funding from backers including venture firm Oxford Technology Management.
The monoclonal antibody developer, which counts EMBL Ventures and GV among its investors, had initially raised $40m when it floated last week.
The ocular device spinout hopes to rapidly develop portable devices for eye testing powered by artificial intelligence software.
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