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Global University Venturing
BAE Systems to turbocharge defence tech spinouts from academic research
The company's new incubator plans to spin out companies based on academic research as well as its own technologies developed in-house.
Feb 10, 2026Swiss research institution Constructor Group launches $110m deep tech fund
The fund targets deeptech, edtech and software.
Feb 4, 2026Spinout venture builder Elevo launches
The company seeks to address what it views as a poor system in Europe for technology transfer.
Feb 2, 2026Holliday joins University of Manchester's commercialisation arm
Richard Holliday has cofounded and invested in university spinouts.
Jan 29, 2026Most of our spinouts have corporate investors: Osage University Partners' head
Corporate venture capital is now a common sight on the cap tables of university spinouts.
Jan 29, 2026Schnider joins commercialisation arm of Israeli university Weizmann Institute
Nofar Schnider cofounded and manages NuVC, a community of VC professionals in Israel.
Jan 29, 2026Canadian AI research institute Mila launches $100m university spinout fund
The fund will target AI research emerging from Canada's big research universities.
Jan 22, 2026Saudi Arabia's KAUST university seeks global VC money after spinouts raise $1bn
The university is looking to widen funding further by engaging with corporations and global accelerator programmes such as TechStars.
Jan 22, 2026Big joins Edinburgh university's incubator
The Venture Builder Incubator is part of Edinburgh Innovations, the university's commercialisation service.
Jan 21, 2026Van Wensveen joins Saudi university KAUST's commercialisation arm
The university provides seed and early-stage funding to its spinouts.
Jan 12, 2026University of Pennsylvania launches $50m fund with pharma group BioNTech
The US Ivy League institution has had some recent successful exits of life science spinouts.
Jan 12, 2026University venture fund launches accelerate in 2025
University funds have been proven to increase the rate of spinout creation, and many institutions, especially in Asia, are setting them up to help accelerate commercialisation of their research.
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Corporate collaboration with universities: How to commercialise innovative research
Beyond the Breakthrough PodcastExplore the BTB podcast archive with the world's brightest minds in university innovation answering the question: how does research make it from a lab into the real world?Beyond the Breakthrough Podcast
Explore the BTB podcast archive with the world's brightest minds in university innovation answering the question: how does research make it from a lab into the real world?
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