Global University Venturing

26 – 100 in alphabetical order: Erica Whittaker, UCB Ventures

26 – 100 in alphabetical order: Ben Wright, 3M Ventures

26 – 100 in alphabetical order: Lily Yeung, Molex Ventures

26 – 100 in alphabetical order: Michael Young, Caterpillar Ventures

University of Calgary-born Parvus Therapeutics has inked an $800m deal with Genentech to develop and commercialise treatments for autoimmune diseases.

Koenraad Debackere, managing director, KU Leuven Research and Development, and chairman, Gemma Frisius Fund has received the GUV Lifetime Achievement Award 2019

Put in the driving seat of Oxford University Innovation’s new social enterprise campaign, Mark Mann – this year’s Personality of the Year – surely has one of the most fascinating jobs in academic tech transfer.

With hundreds of university venture funds, internal commercialisation vehicles and third-party firms the reality in today’s innovation ecosystem, selecting the nominees and the winner for Investment Unit of the Year is increasingly challenging.

After a year of countless exits in the ecosystem, many among the most significant yet – so much so that five nominees were not enough to recognise them all – the Award for Exit of the Year was one of the most difficult to determine.

With the growing focus on food sustainability, University of California (UC) Santa Barbara-founded food preservative developer Apeel Science is a particularly apt selection for the Technology of the Year award.

Winner of the CVC Investment in a Spinout of the Year: Ribon Therapeutics - Novartis Venture Fund, Johnson & Johnson Innovation–JJDC, Takeda Ventures, Celgene