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The UK university has ramped up partnerships with corporates and opened global offices in a bid to improve the success of its spinouts.
Funds are welcoming corporate investors with open arms as the university spinout sector reaches a level of maturity where exits are expected to ramp up.
The new North America University Innovations Fund will invest in technologies coming out of federal research and university labs.
The VC firm is raising money from investors for its second UK spinout fund.
The British Business Bank plans to invest in university spinout investment funds outside of the Golden Triangle.
The federal cuts to science and research funding mean US universities are leaning more on spinout funds and tech transfer offices to generate income.