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UK financial services firm Aviva backs Northern Gritstone university fund
Aviva has expanded into university spinout investing following an earlier investment in the University of Cambridge's affiliated fund, Cambridge Innovation Capital.
Apr 10, 2025University of Sydney launches $15m spinout fund
The investment fund aims to close the gap in funding for university ventures after the proof-of-concept stage.
Apr 8, 2025UK VC Albion expands spinout investing across London universities
London universities are among the most prolific in the UK for producing spinouts but unlike Oxford and Cambridge, have lacked a single, dedicated organisation to promote spinout investment.
Mar 27, 2025UK university spinout funding grows 38% year-on-year to $3.4bn - report
UK universities have also reduced their average equity stakes to new a new low.
Mar 26, 2025Hong Kong university plans $77m biotech fund
Anchor investor Shanghai Industrial Investment targets opportunities in biomedical sectors, including neurodegeneration and gene therapy.
Mar 14, 2025Spinouts from universities in UK southwest double fundraising to $351m
Half of the spinouts from the universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey raised seed funding in 2024.
Mar 5, 2025University College London sees 25% surge in spinout activity
The London university has seen a surge in applications to commercialise artificial intelligence-related technologies.
Mar 4, 2025UK insurer Aviva backs spinout investor Cambridge Innovation Capital's new $126m fund
With a £15m commitment, Aviva’s investment in Cambridge Innovation Capital’s new Opportunity Fund marks its continuing backing of the Cambridge startup ecosystem
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Venture fund launched to invest in German business programme CDTM startups
The small German academic institution generates an outsize number of unicorns.
Feb 12, 2025University of Michigan venture fund to receive $10m boost
The US university claims to be ranked second in the US for company formation.
Jan 27, 2025Databricks cofounder launches $150m spinout fund with UC Berkeley focus
The investment fund will mostly back founders from the US university.
Dec 11, 2024Most top UK universities adopt lower spinout equity
Many of the UK's universities have adopted recommendations to lower equity stakes in the companies they commercialise to at or below 25%.
Nov 21, 2024University of South Australia picks Perugini to lead commercialisation
Michelle Perugini, who was a senior research fellow with the Australian university earlier in her career, has been hired as head of commercialisation.
Nov 20, 2024UniTartu’s Maasik joins Nordic Science Investments
Mart Maasik has stepped down as chief executive of UniTartu Ventures at the University of Tartu to join a $63 spinout investment fund.
Nov 14, 2024Features
Canada's University of Waterloo launches $10m fund
Early-stage VC Velocity manage the independently run fund, which backs spinouts from the Canadian university.
May 14, 2025UK's University of Edinburgh hires Lizzie Withington to boost spinout creation
Tech transfer arm Edinburgh Innovations has created a new role of director of venture creation to increase the number of companies it spins out.
May 13, 2025UK's University of Liverpool joins Northern Gritstone spinout investor
It becomes the fourth academic institution in the north of England to join the university spinout investor.
May 13, 2025Cherie van Wensveen joins Australian spinout fund Uniseed
Van Wensveen worked in commercialisation at Austrialian government research organisation CSIRO for more more than three years before joining the ventures fund.
May 6, 2025Herskowitz leaves Columbia tech transfer office after two decades
He will be joining the Mussallem Foundation to work on treatment for children with congenital heart disease.
May 2, 2025VC launches UC Berkeley AI fund to offset federal research cuts
The pot of money will fund AI researchers as US universities face cuts to funding for science and research.
Apr 22, 2025
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