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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, 2025

Corporates 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, 2025

University 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, 2025

Singapore 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, 2025

Devine to leave Australian spinout investor Uniseed

The CEO of the university spinout fund is leaving at the end of this year.

Jun 13, 2025

Keller 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, 2025

China’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, 2025

US 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, 2025

Other 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, 2025

CVC 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, 2025

Knowles 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, 2025

Innovation 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, 2025

12 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, 2025

8 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, 2025

Editor'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, 2024

Podcast: 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, 2024

European 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, 2024

Spinout 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, 2024
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