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How Basel supercharged its spinout rate

Basel has quietly built a life sciences ecosystem that’s becoming hard to ignore.

Feb 27, 2024

Ulu ushers in $138m for Fund III

University of Rochester and Grinnell College were among the LPs in the venture firm’s latest vehicle, which had a $100m target.

May 18, 2021

Engineering Capital devises $60m fund

An unnamed endowment is among the LPs in Engineering Capital's third fund, which is aligned to the innovation pipelines at Stanford, Michigan and Toronto.

Jul 13, 2020

Rethink Impact conceives $182m second fund

The female entrepreneur-focused social impact firm, which mainly invests at series A and B stage, secured university endowments as LPs for its second fund.

Jul 10, 2020

Elens articulates $21.6m

Provided by Matrix Partner China and Ceyuan Ventures, the series A capital will help Renmin natural language processing spinout Elens mature its product development and R&D capabilities.

Nov 26, 2018

BurnAlong stretches $1.3m seed round

JHU-backed fitness platform operator BurnAlong obtained the cash from investors including Brown Advisory to take its total to $4.7m.

Nov 23, 2018

Perkii quenches $2.2m thirst

Uniseed has upped its investment in probiotic drink maker Perkii after leading the Queensland spinout’s first $3m round in 2016.

Nov 22, 2018

Quralis queues up $5.5m

Harvard’s Quralis has added funding from investors including Viva Biotech to take its seed total to $5.5m as it looks to advance treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis to the clinic.

Nov 22, 2018

Other News

Understory forecasts $7.5m

4490 Ventures has returned for the latest round for weather analytics service Understory, which has disclosed a total of $24.6m in funding to date.

Nov 22, 2018

Qwick finds hospitality in seed round

Hospitality shift work platform Qwick’s seed investors include UAVenture Capital Fund, an independent vehicle set up to cultivate University of Arizona’s ecosystem.

Nov 21, 2018

Aim3D models $1.6m

Rostock-founded 3D printer maker Aim3D has secured money from investors including Brose ahead of the launch of its first product in spring 2019.

Nov 21, 2018

Synthorx to synthesise $100m IPO

Synthorx, spun out of Scripps Research Institute, is targeting $100m in a proposed offering half a year after it raised $63m in a series C round backed by Osage University Partners.

Nov 21, 2018

Marinomed makes its way to stock exchange

The biopharmaceutical spinout of University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna is issuing 400,000 shares in an initial public offering that is set to fetch between $34m and $41m.

Nov 21, 2018

Frontier IP gathers $3.2m

Frontier IP sold $3.2m through a placement to new and existing backers as it announced its portfolio value had risen 34% year-on-year.

Nov 20, 2018

Editor's Picks

Sony and Intel back company making key part for next wave of…

UK smartphone camera component developer Cambridge Mechatronics’ latest round featured strategic investors Sony Ventures and Intel Capital.

Feb 13, 2024

Spike in AI deals and exits for corporate investors

Corporate investors have been part of $3bn worth of AI deals so far this year, with June particularly strong. There has also been a uptick in exits.

Jul 13, 2023

Corporate investors go for squad goals

From joint startup prize competitions to joint investment funds, corporates are increasingly joining forces to source innovation.

Jul 6, 2023
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