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ETH Zurich yields 30 spinouts in 2019

ETH Zurich's portfolio attracted a record $649m in funding last year, and the university also spawned more businesses year-on-year.


Jan 7, 2020

Daily deal net: January 6, 2020

Today’s deal net captures the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem over the past two weeks.

Jan 6, 2020

Trifo cleans up with $15m series B

Trifo, developer of a cleaning-based surveillance system, increased its total funding to $26m in a round that included Yidu Cloud.

Jan 6, 2020

Vicis veers into receivership

Football helmet producer Vicis, a University of Washington spinout, has succumbed to cash pressures despite previously raising $85m in funding.

Jan 6, 2020

MyGene clips $14m series B

Chinese Academy of Sciences-owned Cash Capital was among the investors in precision cancer screening business MyGene Diagnostics' second funding round.

Jan 6, 2020

Oxford Nanopore sequences $38.5m

The University of Oxford DNA processing spinout tapped a consortium of unnamed investors in a round which also includes $106m in secondary funding.

Jan 6, 2020

More deals with fewer dollars in 2019

The following is an excerpt from our upcoming World of Corporate Venturing report.

Jan 5, 2020

Innophys muscles its way to series C round

Bic Camera, Brother Industries, Hi-Lex, Nac, TIS, Tokai and Towa were among the backers that supplied $32.3m for TUS spinout Innophys' series C funding.

Dec 31, 2019

The most read stories of 2019

Global Corporate Venturing's top stories in 2019

Dec 29, 2019

Johnson & Johnson takes Taris in acquisition deal

MIT's Taris, which is developing a drug delivery system for bladder diseases, has been purchased by Johnson & Johnson.

Dec 23, 2019

Analysis: Wefox widens series B to $235m

Wefox Group, a Germany-based digital insurance provider, extended its series B round, closing $235m

Dec 23, 2019

GUV’s top 10 articles of 2019

As Global University Venturing heads off into the holiday period, here is our list of the top 10 most read features this year.

Dec 23, 2019
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