The news roundup for the week ending 10 June 2016.
University entrepreneurship in Russia: quest for strategic change in the Russian university system
Leonid Shabad looks at university entrepreneurship in Russia in his guest comment for Global University Venturing.
Isis Innovation will be renamed Oxford University Innovation to reflect the tech transfer office’s connection to the institution.
Xia Baby catches Tsinghua investment
Tsinghua University’s accelerator program backs food delivery service Xia Baby.
Delft offers a helping hand to $112m fund
Delft University of Technology’s Robovalley centre co-creates a $112m robotics fund to support companies working to commercialise robotics technology.
UCD concludes another bootcamp
Commercialisation bootcamp supports University College Dublin researchers as they learn how to bring their ideas, such as a formaldehyde replacement and a rapid low-cost multiple sclerosis test, to market.
Drug developer Ergomed acquires Leicester spinout Haemostatix, which is developing a blood-clotting peptide sequence, for $11.5m upfront and a potential future payment of $29m.
Pittsburgh joins Osage network
The VC fund will continue its development work with spinouts from Pittsburgh University.
Investment flows to Inflowmatix
Imperial Innovations reinvests in Imperial College London spinout Inflowmatix in a $4.3m series A round that also gained investment from Parkwalk Advisors.
