Last month, delegates from institutions as varied as Ariel University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Birmingham and New York University gathered in London for the annual GUV:Fusion conference

Editorial from James Mawson, editor-in-chief of Global University Venturing

In December, Global University Venturing invited its readers to vote for the most noteworthy article published during the year from a selection of six pieces, a mix of most read comments and an editorially curated list. An article published in our June issue by David Dorsey, associate at Osage University Partners, on who spinout founders are won the poll and GUV is proud to republish the piece as the must-read article of 2017.

Comment from Robin Knight, co-founder of In-Part

The universities of Ghent, Antwerp and Brussels have contributed to a $45m fund that will back spinouts from these institutions.

Illumina Ventures has led a series A round for SerImmune, which will use the funding to enhance its immune system mapping platform.

University of Oxford has participated in a funding round for Zegami, a big data spinout from the institution also backed by Oxford Sciences Innovation.

Touchstone Innovations has provided $5.1m to the series B round, having previously led a $10m series A for the company in 2015.