News from the week that was.
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News for 20 – 26th January 2014:
Commercialisation firm the IP Group offers £70m ($116m) for tech transfer unit Fusion IP.
Oxford spin-out OxSonics raises £2.7m ($4.49m) for the development of ultrasound-based technologies focused on cancer and back pain therapies.
Yasa goes for stroll through Parkwalk
Parkwark Advisors leads £5m ($8.31m) investment in Oxford spin-out Yasa Motors.
Google’s purchase of Boston Dynamics signals move from hobby to industry.
Talking points for 2014 in university venturing, as highlighted by our readers.
Tech transfer regions: Central US and Canada
As we cast our focus on tech transfer regions away from California and towards the US bustling East Coast, GUV stops in on central US and America’s northern neighbour.
Spotlight: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
Whilst reviewing tech transfer in central US, GUV takes a closer look at one of the oldest tech transfer organisations in the world.
University spin-outs need more capital to survive and thrive
Mark Payton, managing director of Mercia Fund Management, explains why the venture capital firm is campaigning to increase the level of seed funding and guidance for start-ups and spin-outs.
Entrepreneur Simon Gall reviews what types of funding there are available to SMEs.
Provincial and federal governments in Canada launch new CAN$100m venture fund.
Sowiso and Sanoma learn together
Education technology firm Sanoma Learning partners with Eindhoven spin-out Sowiso on the development of e-learning technology for mathematics.
Indian telecoms smarts up with hydrogen boost
Intelligent Energy, a spin-out of Loughborough University, signs multi-million dollar agreement to power Indian telecom towers with hydrogen fuel cells.
Cambridge to land $17.6m windfall
Cambridge University could earn up to £10.7m ($17.6m) from biotech Illumina’s acquisition of BlueGnome last year.
GUV news editor Gregg Bayes-Brown moves up into the role of GUV editor.
Salesforce seals golden deal with Alchemist
Sales management platform Salesforce invests an undisclosed sum in B2B-focused Stanford accelerator Alchemist.
AqueSys’ series D comes into focus
AqueSys, a California-based company commercialising glaucoma technology from the University of South California Keck School of Medicine, secures $43.6m series D.
Tyrosine transforms into Zocere
University of New Mexico life sciences spin-out Tyrosine Pharma announces name change to Zocere.
