Aleta Knowles was a former member of the Uniseed investment committee during her time at University of New South Wales.

A 14-fold increase on the UK government's funding budget for proving the commercial viability of early-stage technologies would be transformative.

Our pick of spinout technologies that are breaking new ground in plastics recycling, data storage, photonics, semiconductor materials and decoding the genome.

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.

University venture funds are becoming an increasingly important tool for universities to support their ecosystems — here are the new ones launched in 2024.

The UK stands to benefit from the work of the past 12 months to push more university research-led innovation into the marketplace.

We look back at the highlights of season four of Beyond the Breakthrough podcast and find out that ingredients are in place for increased commercialisation of academic research in 2025.

The University of Southampton has developed a toolkit with templates to standardise spinout negotiations at institutions across the UK.

The US university has formed an industry-university partnership to advance aspects such as sustainable agriculture in the whiskey distilling industry.

Setting up investment committees made up of industry, venture capital and academics is a way to ensure limited proof-of-concept funds are allocated fairly to UK universities.