Global University Venturing

Rowan University’s director of technology commercialisation Yatin Karpe will join Texas State University in September.

Spinout creation rates vary wildly at universities and intelligent capital and corporate partners have a big role in changing the numbers.

Corporate investors have been part of $3bn worth of AI deals so far this year, with June particularly strong. There has also been a uptick in exits.

Functional foods open the door for innovation in a market that thought it had it all figured out.

The functional food sector is a multi-billion global market with high single-digit expected growth rates.

Jessica Silvaggi has been promoted to president of the UWM Research Foundation as her former boss Brian Thompson moves to UW-Milwaukee as chief innovation and partnership officer.

LSU’s Office of Innovation and Technology Commmercialization has brought in Spencer Rogers as its new director.

Invest like a VC, lean into corporate expertise, bring in external entrepreneurs and set up the unit with as much independence as possible.

From joint startup prize competitions to joint investment funds, corporates are increasingly joining forces to source innovation.

Corporate investment units that have business development embedded in their teams tend to outperform those that do without.

From carbon-negative lithium to quickly assessing the safety of mines, here are seven university spinouts that could transform the mining industry.