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Microsoft’s venture arm hires Levi as investment partner
Alessandro Levi will focus on investments in AI, deep tech and semiconductors in his new role.
Feb 12, 2026Bennett takes over as interim head of UK spinout incubator SETsquared
As interim director, Bennett will lead the group's strategic direction and day-to-day operations.
Feb 11, 2026BAE Systems to turbocharge defence tech spinouts from academic research
The company's new incubator plans to spin out companies based on academic research as well as its own technologies developed in-house.
Feb 10, 2026Swiss research institution Constructor Group launches $110m deep tech fund
The fund targets deeptech, edtech and software.
Feb 4, 2026Spinout venture builder Elevo launches
The company seeks to address what it views as a poor system in Europe for technology transfer.
Feb 2, 2026Holliday joins University of Manchester's commercialisation arm
Richard Holliday has cofounded and invested in university spinouts.
Jan 29, 2026Most of our spinouts have corporate investors: Osage University Partners' head
Corporate venture capital is now a common sight on the cap tables of university spinouts.
Jan 29, 2026Schnider joins commercialisation arm of Israeli university Weizmann Institute
Nofar Schnider cofounded and manages NuVC, a community of VC professionals in Israel.
Jan 29, 2026Canadian AI research institute Mila launches $100m university spinout fund
The fund will target AI research emerging from Canada's big research universities.
Jan 22, 2026Saudi Arabia's KAUST university seeks global VC money after spinouts raise $1bn
The university is looking to widen funding further by engaging with corporations and global accelerator programmes such as TechStars.
Jan 22, 2026Big joins Edinburgh university's incubator
The Venture Builder Incubator is part of Edinburgh Innovations, the university's commercialisation service.
Jan 21, 2026Van Wensveen joins Saudi university KAUST's commercialisation arm
The university provides seed and early-stage funding to its spinouts.
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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
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