Global University Venturing

Jonathan Tudor, director of Centrica Innovations, was in Israel for the GCV Israel conference, Israel’s first corporate venturing conference, and to launch a £100m Centrica Innovations fund.

March issue editorial by editor Thierry Heles.

TU Berlin spinout IPlytics has collected several million dollars from investors including High-Tech Gründerfonds to expand into the US, South Korea and Japan.

University of Delaware-backed science incubator Delaware Innovation Space has started a VC vehicle called First Fund offering startups up to $75,000 in convertible notes.

York University's LaunchYU accelerator has propelled previous participants to more than $9.3m in external capital combined since launching in 2014.

Meyer Burger picked up an 18% share in solar film manufacturing spinout Oxford PV, following a recent $41m first series D close for the spinout.

Infosys will contribute $10m to the second House Fund, which is targeting a $50m close to back UC Berkeley-linked businesses with a focus on AI.

Gregg Bayes-Brown, OUI’s communications manager, shares his thoughts on the drivers and strategies surrounding the communication of university innovation.

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The funding will be funnelled into an unnamed p53 suppressor-focused oncology Weizmann spinout and ultrasound guidance device maker On-Sight Medical.

Ghent University-founded texture streaming technology creator Graphine has been picked up by Unity Technologies, providing an exit to research institute Imec’s iStart accelerator.