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With a £15m commitment, Aviva’s investment in Cambridge Innovation Capital’s new Opportunity Fund marks its continuing backing of the Cambridge startup ecosystem
The small German academic institution generates an outsize number of unicorns.
Aleta Knowles was a former member of the Uniseed investment committee during her time at University of New South Wales.
The US university claims to be ranked second in the US for company formation.
Pooling tech transfer resources could help smaller universities commercialise technology that they can't push out on their own.
Japan has a well-funded and vibrant market for deep tech companies spun out of its universities. Here are some of the quirks that foreign investors seeking to dip a toe into the sector should look out for.
The UK stands to benefit from the work of the past 12 months to push more university research-led innovation into the marketplace.
The investment fund will mostly back founders from the US university.
Global University Venturing (GUV) is where tech transfer, academic and investment experts meet to explore the latest ideas and technologies driving innovation forward. We drive the discussions and share best practices that are critical to the success of spinouts, scaleouts and innovation programmes. Our aim is to help improve the processes of bringing innovations from academia to global markets and facilitate their integration into the broader business ecosystem.
