Global University Venturing

SETsquared's investment vehicle will fund companies that are spun out of the universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey.

The Danish university's VC subsidiary, PSV Foundry, set up the fund to investment in environmental sustainability companies.

The US university has created a new office to coordinate its efforts to expand the startup ecosystem in its base of New Jersey and the broader region.

Flanagan doubled the Irish university's spinout rate during his time there.

The European venture capital firm aims to raise a total €250m for its fourth fund by next year.

Japan saw an 80% rise in corporate backed funding rounds while India saw a 45% increase and Israel saw a 38% drop.

Unable to match the high salaries paid by the investment sector, university tech transfer offices are becoming creative with non-financial perks and career pathways.

The UK institution has secured financing to launch a shared tech transfer office that will help develop more spinouts from the arts, humanities and social sciences.

Barnett led consulting services at the University of Oxford's commercialisation arm where she increased revenue and service performance.

Universities are having an increasingly big impact on startup ecosystems through funds — here's how GUV plans to measure it and why we won't look at individual founders.

The fund is part of a broader plan to create an innovation and startup cluster in the Italian city of Milan.