Global University Venturing

Companies in University of Bristol’s branch of the enterprise partnership have raised a record $133m in 2021, including $105m of that secured by spinouts.

David Muir has joined Western University as its inaugural associate vice-president for innovation and strategic partnerships, which includes overseeing the tech transfer office.

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

University of California, Berkeley’s accelerator has chosen Milan for its expansion into Europe and will invest in those startups through the SkyDeck Europe Fund.

Doron Ben-Meir previously served as vice-president, enterprise, at University of Melbourne until late 2019.

Josh Geballe will become senior associate provost for entrepreneurship and innovation at Yale later this month, and will serve as managing director of its OCR.

Michelle Bolas has been appointed chief innovation officer, while also becoming executive director of Innovate Carolina.

The venture fund officially launched at the end of last month, having already invested in five companies linked to University of Washington.

Hebrew University of Jerusalem launched 15 spinouts last year covering areas ranging from healthcare to solar energy.

MIT spinout Superpedestrian has collected $125m in a series C round that attracted Sony Innovation Fund and Citi Impact Fund.

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