Japan's mature university venture fund ecosystem is the exception in Asia, where just a fifth of top institutions have their own investment vehicle.
Just over a fifth of academic institutions in Asia have access to a dedicated university venture fund, with a third of all funds found in Japan — that’s the finding of GUV’s latest regional analysis published last week.
It puts Asian universities behind those in the US, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, though the Japanese ecosystem deserves recognition for being very mature: out of 13 universities on the list, 11 have at least one fund. The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners is also a rare example of a fund that invests overseas, rather than just in spinouts or the local ecosystem.
On this episode of the Beyond the Breakthrough podcast, we are turning the table on usual host Thierry Heles, who wrote the analysis, with editor Kim Moore asking the questions.
You can listen to a previous episode, discussing the US and Europe findings, here.
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Thierry Heles
Thierry Heles is editor-at-large of Global University Venturing and Global Corporate Venturing, and host of the Beyond the Breakthrough podcast.
