Global University Venturing

Researchers at University of Alabama at Birmingham will be able to apply for up to $35,000 in funding to support the commercialisation of their inventions.

SEI Ventures will invest in seed-stage companies and give startups the opportunity to pilot their technologies across Strayer University and Capella University.

Yield Capital, established by a Tsinghua University institute, has partnered Hyundai Motor to raise a total of $100m for a hydrogen-focused fund.

Neil Sharkey, vice-president for research at Penn State University, will retire on June 30, with a national search for a replacement launching immediately.

Arch Venture Partners has filed to raise its largest fund to date that would increase assets under management by the venture capital firm to $2.86bn.

Nova University Lisbon has established chemicals producer Des Solutio with the support of Frontier IP, making it the second spinout launched in Portugal by the commercialisation firm.

Tech transfer region: Finland

The University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien spinout has secured a six-figure sum from state-owned fund aws Gründerfonds and Segnalita Ventures.

Comment from Denise Graves, university relations director, Michigan Economic Development Corporation – Entrepreneurship and Innovation

A range of new materials and technologies could yield vastly improved batteries for purposes including electric vehicles and grid storage. 

Our prediction that we would see the highest number of deals yet in a calendar year has come true with another quarter still ahead of us.