KU Leuven has retained pole position on Reuters’ Top 100 index of innovative European universities for the fourth year running, while Germany's academic sector grabbed the most places of any country.

Bpifrance and HTGF are among the investors for Alentis Therapeutics’ series A round, proceeds of which will support the development of a therapy for liver fibrosis and cancer.

Dicronis hopes its microneedle-based device will help clinicians catch impairments in cancer patients’ lymphatic network that cause chronic swelling in the legs, arm of chest.

Founded on inventions from Centre for Quantum Technologies, Speqtral is now set to commercialise its first application for quantum communications satellites.

France’s 13 regional tech transfer offices have now launched 370 spinouts since 2012, after adding another 112 new companies last year.

University of Nottingham spinouts amassed a record return for the university’s equity management division in 2018, with a share of the haul earmarked for further high-impact research.

Enzymatic measurement spinout Zymoptiq has formally launched on the back of research from Lille Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology and is now considering raising funding.

Suny at Stony Brook has opened an online inventor’s portal on World Intellectual Property Day to give faculty a digital means of protecting intellectual property.

The health of academic startup activity in the state has been affirmed by a five-year university entrepreneurship index published by the Illinois Science and Technology Coalition.

UAVC has put capital into newly launched UA spinout EARDG Photonics, which integrates technology licensed from another spinout, TIPD, by the same co-founders.