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

EPFL-backed Foundation for Technology Innovation has appointed David Kappeler as director and head of investments.

Founded from University of Surrey's Space Centre, iKinema was bought by Apple in a move seemingly aligned with the corporate's foray into virtual and augmented reality.

Quentin Compton-Bishop has resigned as CEO of Warwick Ventures, but said he would continue to be involved in university venturing.

Infineon Technologies Austria has bought its portfolio company Dice, a Johannes Kepler University spinout that produces integrated circuits for radar-powered sensors.

Huawei has been revealed as an LP in Oxford Sciences Innovation, having made its investment late last year before the university decided to block the corporate from philanthropic donations.

Goldwind, Legal & General and Equinor have all taken part in a series D that achieved a $41m first close and boosted the Oxford spinout’s total equity and debt to more than $118m.

ICL vascular implant spinout Veryan Medical has been bought by medical device firm Otsuka after raising $56m from investors including IP Group.

Orchard Therapeutics has listed in the US following a $200m initial public offering that came just three years after the gene therapy developer was spun out of UCL.

Ziylo, a spinout from University of Bristol that is working on a diabetes treatment, has been acquired by Novo Nordisk for a total that could exceed $800m.