Consumer

Bell Food Group and M Ventures have contributed to an initial $55m series B tranche for the cultured meat developer spun out of Maastricht University.

CMU's warehouse vehicle manufacturer Seegrid has more than doubled its latest round to $52m, building on an initial $25m from G2VP six months ago.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

The plant-based food producer boosted its valuation to $4bn and has now raised $1.5bn since being founded by Stanford faculty in 2011.

Cellular Agriculture was spun out of University of Bath in 2016 as the UK’s first startup in the cultured meat space, but its ambitions go far beyond a lab-grown burger.

The company has committed $100m to the Catalyst Fund for early-stage start-ups, which may be available to university startups.

Caltech and Pennsylvania back on-line teaching company Coursera, which just won the praise of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.