Osage University Partners has added IU Ventures to its lineup of academic partners in a deal enabling it to back IU Ventures clients as a co-investor.
IU Ventures, the fund management and innovation support arm of Indiana University, has become an associate partner of spinout-focused investment firm Osage University Partners (OUP).
The move is intended to help IU Ventures-linked businesses secure external funding for their objectives, and OUP will also supply other resources under the partnership.
IU Ventures emerged from the rebrand of Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation in August 2019 to oversee the university’s Philanthropic Venture Fund as well as its angel…