Global University Venturing

Property engine developer Homesnap agreed to a $250m cash acquisition by Real estate data provider CoStar Group. This is a notable exit in the space in which corporates have been actively investing over the past five years but there have not been many exits.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

Satt Paris-Saclay, École Polytechnique and National Office for Aerospace Studies and Research have joined forces for an aerospace and defence accelerator.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

Raghupathy Sivakumar, a professor of electrical and engineering, has been selected to consolidate Georgia Tech's tech transfer strategy as chief commercialisation officer.

The $22.5m drug discovery fund is backed by University of Utah's Huntsman Cancer Institute and College of Pharmacy.

James Fogt has been promoted to lead Harris-Stowe State University's new tech transfer office having been with the historically black public university since 1999.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

Backed by Uniseed, TenasiTech has commercialised scratch-resistant plastic additives pioneered at University of Queensland’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology.

M2P-Labs, a supplier of microbioreactors based on RWTH Aachen intellectual property, has agreed to an acquisition by Beckman Coulter Life Sciences.

Six businesses with founders from underrepresented backgrounds will receive a $50,000 grant from UMSL’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Accelerator.