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IP Group has backed AR technology developer WaveOptics, building on the position taken by Touchstone Innovations, which it now owns, in 2015 and 2017.

Oxford drug delivery spinout Evox Therapeutics collected funding from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in its bid to engineer exosome delivery vessels for a range of drugs.

Arizona-founded Freefall Aerospace has been backed by UAVC in its efforts to commercialise antennas for 5G and satellite communications.

Chemicals firm JNC has injected $4.5m into Northwestern battery spinout SiNode Systems, which has rebranded to Nanograf Technologies as a result.

Streem, a home services AR software developer whose shareholders include Oregon State University-backed Rogue Venture Partners, is raising a second funding round.

Alberta-founded renewable fuel producer Forge Hydrocarbons hopes its lipids-based fuels will provide a cleaner alternative to petrol.

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.