Pack Ventures, an independent venture capital fund that invests in University of Washington spinouts, is raising more money to invest in the Seattle region.

The number of funds is the same but European ones cover multiple universities — and the US still creates more university spinouts.

The investor in university spinouts wants to take on external limited partners to raise more money for companies seeking scale-up capital.

Stellenbosch's university venture fund, the first of its kind in Africa, has been a “huge paradigm shift" in the ecosystem.

Permanent residence cards for graduates of science and technology degrees and talent exchange programmes are some of the solutions touted for startups seeking to hire high-skilled people.

The University of Auckland in New Zealand tripled the rate of spinouts it created by launching a fund to invest in its university startups and lowering its equity stake.

Influential university groups like TenU and the policy agenda of the new UK Labour government are leading to a rethink on the appropriate ownership that universities should take in spinouts.

Live Ventures will fund spinouts and mentor academic researchers from the medical university.