Global University Venturing

Venture funds are becoming a more common offering at universities around the world. Why do a majority of the top US institutions not have one?

Mairi Gibbs has been appointed CEO of Oxford University Innovation permanently, having led the tech transfer office in an interim capacity since April.

Corporate funding for startups is rising globally as well, with sectors such as as cybersecurity and healthcare seeing the most activity.

Academics who become entrepreneurs face not just a learning curve, but a mindset shift.

Azade Hosseini will lead the NYU Innovation Venture Fund investing in life sciences and healthcare spinouts.

Universities in Australia and New Zealand typically take a higher portion of ownership in spinout companies. Founders are calling for more standardised deal terms.

Here are three options that help corporates link up with universities and research labs to tackle research and development hurdles.

The new hire will replace Diarmuid O'Brien, who has headed Cambridge Enterprise for three years.

The university will cooperate with the VC firm on startup investment, research and human resources development.

Universities should take minimal stakes in software spinouts, according to a new set of guidelines released by a group of the world's top universities.

SC Ventures, the innovation arm of Standard Chartered bank, has gone big on building its own startups. It has launched more than 15 so far and always has a pipeline of 30 projects.