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Databricks cofounder launches $150m spinout fund with UC Berkeley focus
The investment fund will mostly back founders from the US university.
Dec 11, 2024Can University of Kentucky researchers bring new flavours to whiskey?
The US university has formed an industry-university partnership to advance aspects such as sustainable agriculture in the whiskey distilling industry.
Dec 2, 2024Podcast: How best to allocate limited proof-of-concept funds
Setting up investment committees made up of industry, venture capital and academics is a way to ensure limited proof-of-concept funds are allocated fairly to UK universities.
Nov 29, 2024Make sure UK proof-of-concept funds go beyond Golden Triangle, say experts
The £40m recently allocated by the UK government to proving university research is commercially viable shouldn't just benefit Oxford, Cambridge and London, say sector pundits.
Nov 28, 2024Most top UK universities adopt lower spinout equity
Many of the UK's universities have adopted recommendations to lower equity stakes in the companies they commercialise to at or below 25%.
Nov 21, 2024University of South Australia picks Perugini to lead commercialisation
Michelle Perugini, who was a senior research fellow with the Australian university earlier in her career, has been hired as head of commercialisation.
Nov 20, 2024Princeton University creates "one-stop-shop" for industry innovation partnerships
The US university recently created an office of innovation as part of a drive to commercialise more of the research coming out of its labs.
Nov 15, 2024Singapore's Nanyang University launches $38m venture fund
The university is the latest academic institution in the Asian country to launch an investment fund to support spinouts.
Nov 5, 2024Other News
Imperial College London plugs into Silicon Valley with US office
The UK university has set up physical presence in San Francisco to be closer to US investors and companies it seeks to partner with.
Nov 1, 2024Podcast: Incubators are a distraction, acquire customers early instead
Pearse Coyle worked with Innovate UK to upgrade their pre-accelerator programme ICURe and teach would-be founders to raise cash early.
Nov 1, 2024The University of Florida students battling to launch a venture fund
The students have faced a three-year journey to raise money for the planned $1m venture fund.
Oct 31, 2024Universities in northeast England form $30m spinout fund
The universities of Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Sunderland and Teesside are the latest group of academic institutions in the UK to launch a fund to invest in their spinouts.
Oct 25, 2024Spinouts with academic founders raise less funding, study finds
While universities often push their academics to be more entrepreneurial, having a professor lead a spinout decreases its chances of raising money and being acquired, according to research by Harvard associate professor Maria Roche.
Oct 21, 2024Podcast: Professor-led spinouts have poorer outcomes, research shows
Universities are pushing their faculty to be more entrepreneurial but there is a real cost, Harvard researcher Maria Roche argues.
Oct 18, 2024Editor's Picks
Six ways to increase university spinout success
Spinout creation rates vary wildly at universities and intelligent capital and corporate partners have a big role in changing the numbers.
Jul 14, 2023JLR: “We want people to think of a car like a Hermes…
The carmaker is exploring a "car for life" that gets upgraded as your needs change and other ideas at a new innovation centre it has set up at Warwick University.
Jun 21, 2022About us
Global University Venturing (GUV) is where tech transfer, academic and investment experts meet to explore the latest ideas and technologies driving innovation forward. We drive the discussions and share best practices that are critical to the success of spinouts, scaleouts and innovation programmes. Our aim is to help improve the processes of bringing innovations from academia to global markets and facilitate their integration into the broader business ecosystem.
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