Global University Venturing

Oil and gas companies backed more startup funding rounds in 2022 than the previous year, but the dollar valuation of deals fell by more than two thirds.

Penske Media's $100m investment in Vox Media halved its valuation, as the digital media sector continues to consolidate while its companies struggle against prevailing trends.

Innovation management software developer Wellspring and tech transfer consultancy IP Pragmatics had been partners for years before this week’s merger.

Tatiana Litvin-Vechnyak is the vice-president for technology commercialisation at Georgetown University effective today.

Countries like Germany, Switzerland and Japan have benefitted from an explosive growth in capital, but the US still dominates and the UK risks being left behind, our in-depth analysis shows.

Mike Paton is the new director of University of Bristol’s innovation hub Engine Shed, replacing Marty Reid who’s now leading SETsquared.

Managing director Lorrain de Silva tells us why Jägermeister's Best Nights VC fund invests in everything from dating apps to Bluetooth speakers, and why NFTs and sextech might be on the horizon.

Just 249 investments were announced in the last three months of 2022 but the year was still the second-best on record in almost every category.

Corporates continued to invest in real estate tech through 2022, unlike their traditional VC peers. We look at how this might play out.

Andrew Wilkinson, chief executive of University of Manchester Innovation Factory, replaces Anne Lane as head of the organisation.