NC State is the first of a planned five academic partners to benefit from on-campus commercialisation experts and access to capital.

Big Idea Ventures, a US-based venture capital fund focused on food and agricultural technologies, has launched the Generation Food Rural Partners (GFPR) fund and partnered North Carolina (NC) State University.

GFPR has a $125m target. NC State University the first of at least five academic collaborators, which will all benefit from an on-campus venture centre and access to experts from Big Idea Ventures.

The fund will aim to help commercialise intellectual property and set up food and agtech spinouts in…

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Thierry Heles

Thierry Heles is editor-at-large of Global University Venturing and Global Corporate Venturing, and host of the Beyond the Breakthrough podcast.
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