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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.

Kyushu University's Qu Ventures has supported a series A round for robot-equipped consumer goods delivery service Starship Technologies.

The university spun out 19 businesses over the course of 2018-19, including orthodontic device producer Invisia and dietary insights software developer Eaterpad.

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

University of Cambridge's automated music production app developer Jukedeck has been picked up by internet technology firm Bytedance's TikTok.

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.

Revolymer, which makes chewing gum that is easier to remove from streets and pavements, was backed by the Setsquared Partnership, a joint venture capital initiative between Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey.