Global University Venturing

Half of the spinouts from the universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey raised seed funding in 2024.

The London university has seen a surge in applications to commercialise artificial intelligence-related technologies.

Funders are increasingly making global access to healthcare IP a condition of their grants.

With a £15m commitment, Aviva’s investment in Cambridge Innovation Capital’s new Opportunity Fund marks its continuing backing of the Cambridge startup ecosystem

The small German academic institution generates an outsize number of unicorns.

Professors have academic teaching obligations that can distract them from leading a spinout, but their technical expertise is also often invaluable to its commercial success.

The US university claims to be ranked second in the US for company formation.

Pooling tech transfer resources could help smaller universities commercialise technology that they can't push out on their own.

The investment fund will mostly back founders from the US university.

The £40m recently allocated by the UK government to proving university research is commercially viable shouldn't just benefit Oxford, Cambridge and London, say sector pundits.

Many of the UK's universities have adopted recommendations to lower equity stakes in the companies they commercialise to at or below 25%.