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The students have faced a three-year journey to raise money for the planned $1m venture fund.
While universities often push their academics to be more entrepreneurial, having a professor lead a spinout decreases its chances of raising money and being acquired, according to research by Harvard associate professor Maria Roche.
Unable to match the high salaries paid by the investment sector, university tech transfer offices are becoming creative with non-financial perks and career pathways.
Australia has one of the world's most mature university investment ecosystems, thanks to large pensions funds, Uniseed and royalties from wifi.
Stellenbosch's university venture fund, the first of its kind in Africa, has been a “huge paradigm shift" in the ecosystem.
Permanent residence cards for graduates of science and technology degrees and talent exchange programmes are some of the solutions touted for startups seeking to hire high-skilled people.
The UK university sees its focus on social sciences spinouts as a way to drive civic engagement.
The University of Birmingham has created a system for researchers to commercialise their technology and find clients before incorporating a company.
Venture funds are becoming a more common offering at universities around the world. Why do a majority of the top US institutions not have one?
Academics who become entrepreneurs face not just a learning curve, but a mindset shift.
Universities in Australia and New Zealand typically take a higher portion of ownership in spinout companies. Founders are calling for more standardised deal terms.
Here are three options that help corporates link up with universities and research labs to tackle research and development hurdles.
Academic institutions are taking new approaches to transferring intellectual property rights of university research in a bid to help spinouts attract investors.
A new $35m fund will be managed by external venture studio High Alpha Innovation and will work with the university on creating new startups.
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.
Funders are increasingly making global access to healthcare IP a condition of their grants.
Professors have academic teaching obligations that can distract them from leading a spinout, but their technical expertise is also often invaluable to its commercial success.
Pooling tech transfer resources could help smaller universities commercialise technology that they can't push out on their own.
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.
