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Kathryn Chapman has been made executive director of the association promoting Cambridge's innovation ecosystem.

From partnering with other universities to working with an existing external VC fund, here are models for universities to consider.

University innovation needs a shot in the arm to truly have the impact it deserves. Abandoning equity stakes is the catalyst for spinning at speed.

The recommendations by UK research organisation Onward are aimed at increasing venture capital investment for underfunded technology transfer offices outside the Golden Triangle.

Pack Ventures, an independent venture capital fund that invests in University of Washington spinouts, is raising more money to invest in the Seattle region.

The number of funds is the same but European ones cover multiple universities — and the US still creates more university spinouts.

Collet has spent most of her career at the University of Bristol where she was a director in its division of research and enterprise.

The University of Auckland in New Zealand tripled the rate of spinouts it created by launching a fund to invest in its university startups and lowering its equity stake.