Global University Venturing

The students have faced a three-year journey to raise money for the planned $1m venture fund.

The universities of Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Sunderland and Teesside are the latest group of academic institutions in the UK to launch a fund to invest in their spinouts.

While universities often push their academics to be more entrepreneurial, having a professor lead a spinout decreases its chances of raising money and being acquired, according to research by Harvard associate professor Maria Roche.

SETsquared's investment vehicle will fund companies that are spun out of the universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey.

The Danish university's VC subsidiary, PSV Foundry, set up the fund to investment in environmental sustainability companies.

The US university has created a new office to coordinate its efforts to expand the startup ecosystem in its base of New Jersey and the broader region.

Flanagan doubled the Irish university's spinout rate during his time there.

The European venture capital firm aims to raise a total €250m for its fourth fund by next year.

Unable to match the high salaries paid by the investment sector, university tech transfer offices are becoming creative with non-financial perks and career pathways.

The UK institution has secured financing to launch a shared tech transfer office that will help develop more spinouts from the arts, humanities and social sciences.

Barnett led consulting services at the University of Oxford's commercialisation arm where she increased revenue and service performance.