Global University Venturing

University of Tokyo’s venture arm has reached a final close for its second fund thanks to commitments from 11 institutional investors including the institution itself.

Scandit has welcomed back shareholders including GV, Schneider Electric, Sony and Swisscom for a round that made the ETH Zurich spinout a unicorn.

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

Orange Grove Bio has partnered SV Investment to jointly source therapeutics in South Korea and the US and create spinouts.

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

Academia-industry collaboration platform In-Part has been acquired by Inova, which is looking to consolidate its position in the biopharmaceutical partnering space.

Chalmers Ventures currently has 100 companies in its portfolio, of which 79% have a connection to the university.

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

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

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

Brooke Beier, already responsible for Purdue’s tech transfer office, has been promoted to senior vice-president of commercialisation.