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Spinouts with academic founders raise less funding, study finds
While universities often push their academics to be more entrepreneurial, having a professor lead a spinout decreases its chances of raising money and being acquired, according to research by Harvard associate professor Maria Roche.
Oct 21, 2024Nupo Ventures spins out of Olam to go faster on fixing global…
Under pressure to simplify supply chains and improve sustainability, Nupo Ventures is building startups, with six under its belt so far.
Oct 18, 2024Japan is the fund leader among Asian universities
Japan's sophisticated network of university investment funds make it an outlier among other Asian countries.
Oct 17, 2024Chilean food company Carozzi to invest $6m in startups
After months in stealth mode, Carozzi Ventures is ready to invest $6m over the next three years.
Oct 15, 2024Smaller corporates embrace venture building
Smaller companies build their own ventures more than larger corporates and the chief executive is more involved with the CVC, according to GCV's Keystone benchmarking survey.
Oct 15, 2024Times of India to help US media wrestle back ad revenue lost…
While 65% of US ad spend has slipped from traditional media to the hands of Amazon, Google and Facebook, the Times of India has protected its market share on the subcontinent by investing in startups. The publishing group now wants to bring the model to the US.
Oct 14, 2024Crypto VC Gate Ventures and blockchain firm Movement Labs form $20m fund
The initiative, also backed by Thai family office VC Boon Ventures, will target blockchain projects specialised in Move, the programming language by Movement Labs.
Oct 14, 2024Naor and Plaza join CapitalG to lead portfolio strategy
Alphabet’s growth fund appointed Adam Naor and Monica Plaza as VP of business development and operating partner, respectively.
Oct 14, 2024VCs want active, not passive corporate investors
Here's how to make the relationship between a VC and its strategic corporate LPs one that benefits both sides.
Oct 11, 2024UK universities launch $390m spinout investment company
SETsquared's investment vehicle will fund companies that are spun out of the universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey.
Oct 11, 2024Technical University of Denmark's VC unit launches $56.5m deep tech fund
The Danish university's VC subsidiary, PSV Foundry, set up the fund to investment in environmental sustainability companies.
Oct 11, 2024Five tech breakthroughs bringing us closer to beating cancer
Personalised treatment, combination therapies, vaccines and of course AI: pharmaceutical investors are backing a surge of new cancer technologies.
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