Photo by Joe Angeles/Washington University in St Louis Stony Brook University, a public research university based in Long Island, US, has named Michael Kinch as its inaugural chief innovation officer. He will lead the Office of Economic Development and campus-wide initiatives to accelerate innovation, including technology transfer. Kinch will report to the incoming vice-president for […]

Universities in Australia and New Zealand typically take a higher portion of ownership in spinout companies. Founders are calling for more standardised deal terms.

The new hire will replace Diarmuid O'Brien, who has headed Cambridge Enterprise for three years.

The university will cooperate with the VC firm on startup investment, research and human resources development.

VC capital often sways towards investing in technologies with an urban focus. But Silicon Valley investors are starting to home in on rural technology solutions right in their backyard.

EMV Capital will manage a portfolio of 53 deep tech and life sciences companies as part of the acquisition.

The Redbird Innovation Fund will fund spinouts emerging from the Hong Kong university.

The deep tech venture firm has surpassed its original goal by $50m and more than doubled its assets under management to $455m.