Global University Venturing

Prosus Ventures committed capital to e-commerce finance provider Wayflyer at a $1.6bn valuation, increasing its overall funding to over $236m.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

Brooke Beier, already responsible for Purdue’s tech transfer office, has been promoted to senior vice-president of commercialisation.

Milo Werner has joined The Engine as general partner as the MIT-founded venture firm confirmed its second fund has reached $302m.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

Companies in University of Bristol’s branch of the enterprise partnership have raised a record $133m in 2021, including $105m of that secured by spinouts.

David Muir has joined Western University as its inaugural associate vice-president for innovation and strategic partnerships, which includes overseeing the tech transfer office.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

University of California, Berkeley’s accelerator has chosen Milan for its expansion into Europe and will invest in those startups through the SkyDeck Europe Fund.

Doron Ben-Meir previously served as vice-president, enterprise, at University of Melbourne until late 2019.

Josh Geballe will become senior associate provost for entrepreneurship and innovation at Yale later this month, and will serve as managing director of its OCR.