Global University Venturing

The astonishing development of the private capital markets for fast-growing companies in the past five years is easy to record but only when put against public markets does the transformation in liquidity become apparent.

Rob Lavine, News editor for Global Corporate Venturing, reviews the trends in venturing from 2018

In our annual survey of corporate venturing industry leaders, we asked what were the most important trends in 2017 and sought their insights into the big opportunities of 2018.

The IP Group-owned fund management unit closed three university funds targeting Cambridge, Oxford and Bristol-linked companies last year.

Adelaide's ThincLab and University of New England's SRI AgTech incubators will receive $357,000 and $229,000 of government funding respectively.

A roundup of all the latest news on www.globaluniversityventuring.com for our subscribers.

The Stanford University-backed fund will halt new investments from July, seemingly as the accelerator reaches financial stability but in the midst of a legal battle.

SetSquared affiliates together raised 34% more than the equivalent generated in 2017 in what was hailed as a stellar year for the program.

Smart car maker Byton seeks to raise another $500m after having raised a $500m corporate-backed rounds last year.

The respiratory disease drug developer has collected series A funding from investors including Shionogi to fund clinical trials of its lead drug candidate .

Machine tools supplier Trumpf has put funding behind Eyewear Tech to commercialise an eye tracking platform based on Idiap Research Institute and EPFL technology.