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Global University Venturing
CMU gets $31m entrepreneurship gift
Accel Partners co-founder James Swartz provides $31m to Carnegie Mellon to fund entrepreneurship centre.
Jun 15, 2015Hennessy to step down as head of Stanford
Stanford president John Hennessy announces that he will vacate his position in 2016.
Jun 15, 2015Endowments back Madrona
Madrona Venture Group raises $300m in sixth fund backed by university endowments and others.
Jun 15, 2015Chaac makes first moves at Princeton
Princeton-focused seed fund Chaac Ventures names SaaS firm Locent as first investment.
Jun 15, 2015FourKites synchronise on funding
Logistics startup FourKites secures $1.25m in round backed by Harvard Business School Angels.
Jun 12, 2015Harvard receives biggest ever gift
Hedge fund manager John Paulson makes $400m donation to Harvard, marking largest ever gift bestowed on the university.
Jun 12, 2015Dutch students get a taste for venture
Twente University imports the student-led venture fund model from across the Atlantic.
Jun 12, 2015Alicante coughs up tobacco spin-out
Alicante University launched Medcat Alicante with mission to commercialise tobacco with half the toxicity.
Jun 11, 2015Antibiotics buy the farm at Wisconsin
Wisconsin-Madison launches Ab E Discovery to develop antibiotic-free technology to prevent farmyard animal infections.
Jun 11, 2015Gamma leaks out of Notts and Leicester
Leicester and Nottingham unis collaborate on Gamma Technologies to bring handheld gamma imaging to tumour surgery.
Jun 11, 2015Texas lawmakers scrap investment fund for recruitment pot
Texas is set to establish a Nobel Prize winner-seeking fund at the expense of its investment fund.
Jun 11, 2015Ontario announces $169m boost for region
Ontario launches CA$209m cash injection for innovative research programmes across the hub.
Jun 11, 2015Featured Content
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Corporate collaboration with universities: How to commercialise innovative research
Beyond the Breakthrough PodcastExplore the BTB podcast archive with the world's brightest minds in university innovation answering the question: how does research make it from a lab into the real world?Beyond the Breakthrough Podcast
Explore the BTB podcast archive with the world's brightest minds in university innovation answering the question: how does research make it from a lab into the real world?
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