The news roundup for the week ending 29 July 2016.
Big deal: Universities keep breaking records
Institutions including Purdue, Florida and Pittsburgh have ended the academic year with TTOs breaking their own records year-on-year.
Editorial: Growing the next generation of entrepreneurs
The number one challenge in venture capital, whatever the source of the money from corporate, university, government or independent, is to source good quality deal flow.
NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering has partnered FF Venture Capital to launch an accelerator program aimed at the artificial intelligence sector.
Commercialisation firm SNÉ, which has partnered several Israeli universities, has raised its first funding round to help it become a centralised tech transfer office in the country.
New Zealand researches $150m Australian fund
Otago University, Malaghan Institute and Callaghan Innovation have joined the fund that already includes more than 50 Australia-based research institutes and hospitals.
The Global University Venturing Deal Net rounds up all the latest smaller deals and tracks emerging companies accessing university funds.
