GUV Features

Japan has a strong network of university-affiliated funds. These are now looking to back corporate carve-outs, too.

Alastair Hick, chief commercialisation officer at Australian university Monash, will be tasked with raising a new fund when he takes over as CEO of the university spinout investor.

Investors have a key role to play in scaling spinouts, from offering recruitment advice to connecting them with the right partners.

Machinery maker Yanmar's investment arm opted to open an office in Europe to tap strong university innovation.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology helps launch 100 spinouts a year. But the AI rush means it has to get them overseas quicker, says its tech transfer head.

Advances in photonics technology will underpin next-generation computing, telecoms, aerospace and manufacturing. Here are nine spinouts that have emerged from university labs with VC backing.

Australia has one of the world's most mature university investment ecosystems, thanks to large pensions funds, Uniseed and royalties from wifi.

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

What if living to 100 was the norm rather than the exception for humans? Here are 10 companies using university research to make it happen.

From healthcare to fusion to quantum computing to space, superconductors have the potential to revolutionise the world. And the technology is finally ready to commercialise.