Global University Venturing

Miyako Capital has participated in the second close of an $11.4m round Floadia, whose investors already include Innovations and Future Creation.

Alexis Dormandy will join Oxford Sciences Innovation as chief executive, moving over from Atomico by January 2021 to take over from interim CEO Jim Wilkinson.

Arkansas has lured Weston Waldo, an innovation professional with expertise at I-Corps, to run its venture development programming.

HBCU Seed will invest in eligible startups from US historically black colleges and universities at a time of heightened tension over racial inequalities.

MIT has put $35m into The Engine's second fund – up from its $25m commitment to the first fund – and has been joined by Harvard as a new LP.

A panel of thought leaders spanning academia and industry discusses the path forward for tech transfer at the Digital Forum 2.0

September 2020 marked 20 years since the formation of multi-university venture fund Uniseed. To still be operating after 20 years is quite an achievement, given the difficulty of commercialising early-stage research.

Exact Sciences has shelled out $410m to buy University of Oxford early cancer test company Base Genomics, incorporated in July 2019.

Exact Sciences is set to acquire Johns Hopkins spinout Thrive Earlier Detection for up to $2.15bn in cash and stock, including $1.7bn upfront.

Deerfield Management is putting up $2bn for early-stage life sciences research through to 2030, but what does its involvement mean for its partner universities?