Universities in the US state of Illinois have generated 804 companies between 2012 and 2016, including 129 spinouts, a report by the Illinois Science and Technology Coalition (ISTC) released yesterday shows.
Students established a total of 675 startups.
Out of the 804 total, approximately 80% (624) remain active or have been acquired and out of those 497 are still based in the state. A total of 30% counted a foreign-born founder or co-founder, and 30% had a female founder or…
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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.
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