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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.

Xfund is among the backers of a $17m round for ImmuneID, which has been set up to commercialise research from Harvard University and Johns Hopkins University.

The Johns Hopkins University spinout’s latest funding will go toward further developing its lead candidate, VTA-110, for muscular dystrophy treatments.

Today's deal net contains news from RAW Labs, Neuropain Therapeutics and Swajal.

UC Davis's probiotics spinout secured an undisclosed amount as Bow Capital backed the first close of a series D round with a $55m target.

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.