Global University Venturing

Big Idea Ventures has added another five university partners to its Generation Food Rural Partners fund, ranging from Cornell to Washington State.

Prof Cathy Bruce will take up the position of vice-president of research and innovation permanently, having held it interim since mid-2020.

A roundup of exits, including IPOs and acquisitions, across the tech transfer ecosystem.

The Global University Venturing deal net rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem.

Relying on Arizona State University research, Source Global has developed panels that generate clean drinking water from sunlight and water vapour.

University of California, Berkeley’s accelerator has picked up $60m for its second fund, less than two months after the programme launched a European presence in Italy.

The Global University Venturing deal net rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem.

The co-founders of Fred Hutch's oncology therapeutics developer include Philip Greenberg who previously helped launch Juno Therapeutics.

The corporate card provider was valued at $2.1bn in a round backed by Stanford University that increased its funding to $380m altogether.

UniSuper is putting more than $56m into Uniseed, marking the superannuation fund’s first major foray into venture capital.