Global University Venturing

Accelerators are increasing their startup impact through corporate backing. The rapid growth in numbers is raising questions of results and sustainability.

Early Stage Report 2015: Investors are open to new and good ideas from anywhere. Raising awareness about entrepreneurship in academia is paramount. Positive trends increasing business orientation, building networks with industry and entrepreneurs as well as co-operation. Challenges remain with expectation discrepancies.

Early Stage Report 2015: Nearly half of corporations look to universities for early-stage ideas. Many of the most innovative corporations look the most globally. Corporations running more accelerators and investing in the startups.

Early Stage Report 2015: Rosa Fernandez, head of research, National Centre for Universities and Business looks at how movement of IP is removing restrictions.

Early stage Report 2015: Universities are increasing, and increasingly diverse in, their entrepreneurial support programmes. Regional differences show continental Europe broadly behind the US and some emerging market academic institutions. Fewer than half of universities have specific corporate partnerships for startups.

Marc Ceulemans from Novartis and Jack Young of Qualcomm spoke about digital health and the formation of Fund of the Year DRX Capital.