Global University Venturing

World of Corporate Venturing 2021 editorial by James Mawson, editor in chief, Global Corporate Venturing

University of Zurich has generated 143 spinouts since 1999, 75 out of which were founded in the past decade.

Retail brand management business Soci has assembled $115m to date from investors including Stanford University's Daper Fund.

CAS Investment Management co-led the additive manufacturing services provider's series A round.

Northpond and Deerfield have co-led a $75m series C round for Encodia, seemingly the first publicly disclosed funding for the WashU spinout.

Congruent Ventures-backed Span has collected $20m in fresh financing from a consortium led by Munich Re Ventures’ HSB Fund.

Landos has filed to go public after a phase 2 trial of its Virginia Tech-invented IBD treatment produced favourable results this month.

KII’s second iteration more than doubled in size from its predecessor, which closed five years ago and invested in 19 companies.

The institution’s $970,000 Kaishi Angel Fund will target undergraduate student entrepreneurs.

Baupost Group has led another round for Wren Therapeutics, a spinout of Cambridge and Lund universities.

Draper Esprit has led a $20m series A round for Riverlane, which also attracted University of Cambridge and Cambridge Innovation Capital.