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…
