The university has partnered with the Hong Kong government and VC firm Gobi Partners for Gobi-Redbird Innovation Fund to take spinouts international.

Jaivel plans to back strategic startups at seed stage together with VC arm of Indian academic institution IIM Ahmedabad.

The store owner's corporate VC, Circle K Ventures, invested in technologies that could improve customer experience at its stores and forecourts.

The team expect to complete fundraising in early 2026.

Bill Cann is a recent business graduate from the University of Manchester in the UK.

The investments are part of the university's expansion into VC investing as venture capital funding falls to a decade low in Asia.

Iva Tchetinova spent half a decade at entrepreneurship network TechTour.

The Oregon Health & Science University is the sole academic medical centre in the US state of Oregon.

The US university plans to launch new investment funds and deepen ties with venture capital in order to grow more spinout companies.

Two large Danish corporates and a family office are also investors in the fund.