Osage University Partners has launched efforts to raise a $250m third fund.

US-based spinout-focused investment firm Osage University Partners made a regulatory filing yesterday indicating it will seek $250m for its third fund.

The firm does not appear to have raised any money towards the fund yet.

Osage University Partners invests in spinouts and startups from 19 partner universities, such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Duke University and several University of California campuses.

The firm also has 68 associate partners both in the US, such as Cornell University, Johns Hopkins University and…