Endowment results start coming back, SevOne's $50m, and the most innovative universities ranked - this week on GUV.
Catch up with all the week’s university innovation and commercialisation news.
Liverpool biotech spinout Sepsis brings in £400,000 from a variety of sources.
Northwestern’s Garage aims to fire entrepreneurial engines
Northwestern University launches student incubator, dubbed the Garage.
Dutch spinout Ioniqa Technologies secures €2.5m.
SevOne’s networking generates $50m
Infrastructure management firm SevOne, spun out from Delaware University, raises $50m.
Yale makes healthy gains on endowment
Yale University reports an 11.5% return on endowment over the past fiscal year.
MIT endowment leads pack on returns
MIT closes out rival institutions with 13.2% endowment returns as institutions begin disclosing results.
Michigan continues making tech gains
Michigan breaks its own records for tech transfer for second year running.
Michigan University commits $345m to seven investment managers from its $10bn long term endowment pool.
Incubator leader Jeff Stinson named director of recently launched Innovation Fund which plans to invest in Arkansas spinouts.
Stanford tops list as most innovative university
Stanford University muscles out Ivy League peers of the top spot for Reuters’ inaugural innovative university rankings.
Colorado’s high hopes for hemp buildings
Colorado and spinout Biosips develop high strength 100% recycled building materials made out of hemp and other materials.
