Global University Venturing

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

MedWhat's request to replace a judge hearing the case against Stanford-StartX Fund has been refused and the company has been ordered to pay costs for blocking discovery.

The newly-named University of Arizona Center for Innovation is to expand with regional partnerships and additional office space as it looks to cement the university’s role in driving local entrepreneurship.

Harvard Medical School's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has appointed MIT TLO's Tod Woolf as executive director of the Technology Ventures Office.

SmartNews, co-founded by University of Tokyo researcher Ken Suzuki, is valued at $1.1bn following a $28m series E round led by Japan Post Capital.

Rounds above $100m tend to be raised by companies based in the US and China. Last year we saw a record number of corporate-backed rounds.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

Maria Vanegas and George Coulston have been promoted to senior licensing manager for life sciences and physical sciences respectively at University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute.

UMI3's innovation optimiser team has moved across to the Masood Enterprise Centre alongside new recruits Fatemeh Salehi and Jacob Salder.

Rodney Priestley will become Princeton University’s first vice-dean for innovation next February, lending greater emphasis to its innovation and entrepreneurship strategy.

Gerald Goodfellow, a 30-year veteran of the US Air Force, has joined Louisiana Tech as director of technology innovation and executive director of Louisiana Tech Research Institute.