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Singapore VC Origgen launches fund to back Asian university spinouts
It is the second fund launched by Origgen Capital to finance ventures based on research and intellectual property.
Jul 18, 2025Corporates to play bigger role in identifying university spinout potential
University group TenU is looking at ways that industry could be more involved in assessing and identifying what academic research should receive government proof-of-concept funding in the UK.
Jul 16, 2025University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners launches $326m fund
The venture capital firm plans to write larger cheque sizes for startups in its sixth fund as its portfolio companies grow internationally.
Jul 14, 2025Singapore university hires US VC advisers in global push
The commercialisation arm of the National University of Singapore has hired US venture experts Patrick Ennis and Donna See as strategic advisers.
Jul 9, 2025Devine to leave Australian spinout investor Uniseed
The CEO of the university spinout fund is leaving at the end of this year.
Jun 13, 2025Keller to lead US university Georgia Institute of Technology’s investments
The foundation backs Georgia Institute of Technology's spinouts in areas including medtech, robotics, AI, marketplaces and defence.
Jun 3, 2025China’s TH Capital raises $100m US dollar fund with deeptech focus
Despite US-China tensions. the fund has a diverse LP base from with about half the funding from Greater China, sitting alongside backers from Southeast Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the US.
Jun 2, 2025US biotech is under threat. Here’s what universities and investors should do…
Investors and university tech transfer should educate policymakers on the need for federal funds.
May 19, 2025Other News
Australia's Monash University appoints Wahlqvist to lead pre-seed investment fund
His background includes roles in strategy consulting, early-stage companies, venture capital and pharmaceuticals.
Apr 9, 2025CVC investor Xiaoming Yin moves to Grit Ventures to back deep tech…
Yin will raise a fund to back deep tech developed at university labs in her new role.
Apr 1, 2025Knowles joins Australian university venture fund Uniseed
Aleta Knowles was a former member of the Uniseed investment committee during her time at University of New South Wales.
Feb 11, 2025Innovation can drive growth – but UK must invest more in commercialisation
A 14-fold increase on the UK government's funding budget for proving the commercial viability of early-stage technologies would be transformative.
Jan 30, 202512 groundbreaking global university spinouts that raised funding in 2024
Our pick of spinout technologies that are breaking new ground in plastics recycling, data storage, photonics, semiconductor materials and decoding the genome.
Jan 8, 20258 tips for investing in Japan’s university spinouts
Japan has a well-funded and vibrant market for deep tech companies spun out of its universities. Here are some of the quirks that foreign investors seeking to dip a toe into the sector should look out for.
Jan 2, 2025Editor's Picks
Want to rank entrepreneurial universities? Look at funds not founders
Universities are having an increasingly big impact on startup ecosystems through funds — here's how GUV plans to measure it and why we won't look at individual founders.
Sep 24, 2024Podcast: Why university venture funds are still uncommon in the US and…
University venture funds remain a rarity among the top research universities in the US and in Europe — here are the reasons why and how thigns might change.
Aug 30, 2024European universities ahead of the US in having an investment fund
The number of funds is the same but European ones cover multiple universities — and the US still creates more university spinouts.
Aug 20, 2024Spinout tracker: January 2024
GUV is launching a weekly spinout tracker to surface the most exciting new and emerging companies based on university research.
Jan 15, 2024About us
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