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UK spinout firm Northern Gritstone to tap external VC investors

The investor in university spinouts wants to take on external limited partners to raise more money for companies seeking scale-up capital.


Aug 19, 2024

UK's University of Bath hires Sophie Collet as tech transfer director

Collet has spent most of her career at the University of Bristol where she was a director in its division of research and enterprise.

Aug 16, 2024

Stellenbosch University venture fund reshapes tech innovation in South Africa

Stellenbosch's university venture fund, the first of its kind in Africa, has been a “huge paradigm shift" in the ecosystem.

Aug 14, 2024

Give graduates green cards to fuel startup growth

Permanent residence cards for graduates of science and technology degrees and talent exchange programmes are some of the solutions touted for startups seeking to hire high-skilled people.

Aug 6, 2024

Shariv heads University Medical Center Göttingen’s new tech transfer office

The technology transfer veteran has been made head of the German teaching hospital's new technology transfer office.

Jul 24, 2024

Phillips to leave the University of Kentucky’s tech transfer team

After 25 years at the university, Taunya Phillips is leaving her role as director of the Office of Technology Commercialisation

Jul 24, 2024

Pradhan joins University of Wyoming in innovation role

With nearly forty years of experience in tech transfer, Arundeep Pradhan will now co-manage the University of Wyoming's research and innovation division

Jul 23, 2024

Singapore medical school launches $15m incubator to create spinouts

Live Ventures will fund spinouts and mentor academic researchers from the medical university.

Jul 22, 2024

Cardiff University sets out to be leader in social sciences spinouts

The UK university sees its focus on social sciences spinouts as a way to drive civic engagement.

Jul 18, 2024

Hunt takes on new innovation role at University of Bath

Hunt returns to the UK university where he first held a director of research and innovation services role between 2014 and 2018.

Jul 16, 2024

Weldon joins Cambridge Enterprise as head of tech development

Weldon spent 20 years at US industrial gas supplier Air Products before moving into university technology transfer.

Jul 15, 2024

Red Bear Ventures brings fund to Cornell University

RBV’s inaugural fund will invest in startups emerging out of Cornell in a sign that university ecosystems are increasingly of interest to investors.

Jul 10, 2024
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