Global University Venturing

Fayteq, a real-time video editing technology developer spun out of TU Ilmenau, has been acquired by Facebook for an undisclosed sum.

David Wise has been appointed director of the Maryland Momentum Fund, a $25m vehicle that supports companies emerging from University System of Maryland.

Arundeep Pradhan discusses the Autm Licensing Activities Survey and asks if there is a better way to track the performance of tech transfer offices.

Vision Fund's $2.5bn investment in Flipkart last week, together with its huge bets on Fanatics and Roivant, could indicate where it plans to invest in the longer term.

Hong Kong X Technology Fund was established to support participants in an accelerator co-founded by professors from HKUST and University of Hong Kong.

It is, as these deals in the past week show, a remarkable time in sports and content as the change in distribution routes also affects the $40bn advertising industry.

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

Cuorips, a spinout from Osaka University, has sold an option right for the commercialisation of a treatment for severe heart failure to Daiichi Sankyo in return for an undisclosed sum.

University of Plymouth has launched Vaccine Group, a vaccine developer based on research by Michael Jarvis, associate professor in virology and immunology.

Institute of Science and Technology Austria has joined forces with Lansdowne Partners to establish a seed fund primarily aimed at spinouts domestically and internationally.

CWRU spinout Neuros Medical has raised $20m in a series AA round backed by Osage University Partners.