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Escape Bio, a spinout of Gladstone Institutes, has secured the return of Osage University Partners, Novartis, Novo and Johnson & Johnson.

Mission Bay Capital has placed a bet on Symbiome, creators of a skin care range intended to emulate our ancestor’s microbiome.

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.

Backed by Research Institute of Tsinghua University in Shenzhen, CoWin Biosciences supplies biological reagents for diagnostics and research applications.

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

Higher education investment fund University Ventures is to invest in its own startup.

Futurelearn, a platform free-to-access Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), has been launched by a consortium of UK-based universities, led by distance-learning provider The Open University (OU).

Invesco Perpetual, the fund manager, and Imperial Innovations, the London Stock Exchange-listed spin-off from Imperial College London, are joined by The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and the Wellcome Trust supporting Cell Medica's growth.