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Canadian AI research institute Mila launches $100m university spinout fund
The fund will target AI research emerging from Canada's big research universities.
Jan 22, 2026Big joins Edinburgh university's incubator
The Venture Builder Incubator is part of Edinburgh Innovations, the university's commercialisation service.
Jan 21, 2026Van Wensveen joins Saudi university KAUST's commercialisation arm
The university provides seed and early-stage funding to its spinouts.
Jan 12, 2026University of Pennsylvania launches $50m fund with pharma group BioNTech
The US Ivy League institution has had some recent successful exits of life science spinouts.
Jan 12, 2026University of Pennsylvania launches $10m seed fund
The US academic institution is one of a growing number of universities in the country to set up funds to finance companies based on academic research.
Dec 16, 2025$28m fund launches to back Indian Institute of Technology Bombay spinouts
The Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, an incubator for IIT Bombay, formed the fund to fill a gap in investment for early-stage deep tech.
Dec 10, 2025VC firm U2V launches $70m fund to back European university spinouts
The founders of University2Ventures previously headed the pre-seed fund that was part of European VC Earlybird.
Dec 10, 2025King's College London launches arts innovation fund
The new fund will support research that the university says drives solutions to complex societal and economic challenges.
Dec 5, 2025Other News
National Taiwan University launches $30m fund to kickstart local innovation
Taiwan's oldest university has tapped graduates to invest in its first investment fund.
Nov 25, 2025UK's Royal College of Art launches spinout investment fund
The fund, managed by an outside investment firm, has backed 10 companies so far.
Nov 20, 2025New Zealand universities told to cap equity in spinouts at 10%
The new policy gives researchers more rights over the commercialisation of their inventions.
Nov 14, 2025IP Group partner Perez joins university spinout Rage Bio
Siro Perez helped set up the biotech startup while he was partner at IP Group in Australia.
Nov 13, 2025Hick to head Australian university spinout investor Uniseed
Alastair Hick, who has spent almost the past two decades in commercialisation roles at Monash University, will take over from Peter Devine in December.
Nov 3, 2025Hong Kong University of Science and Technology launches spinout fund
The university has partnered with the Hong Kong government and VC firm Gobi Partners for Gobi-Redbird Innovation Fund to take spinouts international.
Oct 14, 2025Editor's Picks
GV makes another bet on CRISPR with Moonwalk investment
GV backs another spinout by MIT’s serial entrepreneur Feng Zhang as epigenetics becomes an emerging area of healthcare.
Jan 11, 2024Russell is the new PraxisAuril CEO
David Russell, an executive-in-residence at Oxford’s Saïd Business School, has been appointed chief executive of PraxisAuril, following in the footsteps of Maxine Ficarra.
Dec 8, 2022100 sign Innovate Cambridge charter
Cambridge Enterprise, Cambridge Innovation Capital and University of Cambridge are joined by 100 signatories like AstraZeneca and Microsoft for the Innovate Cambridge initiative.
Dec 8, 2022Willey to leave IU Ventures
Teri Willey, whose long list of accomplishments includes founding Cambridge Enterprise, will step down in November this year to focus on other projects.
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