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Universities in northeast England form $30m spinout fund
The universities of Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Sunderland and Teesside are the latest group of academic institutions in the UK to launch a fund to invest in their spinouts.
Oct 25, 2024Japan is the fund leader among Asian universities
Japan's sophisticated network of university investment funds make it an outlier among other Asian countries.
Oct 17, 2024UK universities launch $390m spinout investment company
SETsquared's investment vehicle will fund companies that are spun out of the universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey.
Oct 11, 2024Princeton University creates office of innovation to expand ecosystem
The US university has created a new office to coordinate its efforts to expand the startup ecosystem in its base of New Jersey and the broader region.
Oct 8, 2024Tom Flanagan retires from University College Dublin’s innovation unit
Flanagan doubled the Irish university's spinout rate during his time there.
Oct 8, 2024Spinout investor Kurma Partners raises $154m for biotech fund
The European venture capital firm aims to raise a total €250m for its fourth fund by next year.
Oct 4, 2024University of the Arts London pitches joint tech transfer office for social…
The UK institution has secured financing to launch a shared tech transfer office that will help develop more spinouts from the arts, humanities and social sciences.
Oct 2, 2024Oxford University Innovation appoints Jaci Barnett as COO
Barnett led consulting services at the University of Oxford's commercialisation arm where she increased revenue and service performance.
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Milan, Bocconi universities launch $110m venture fund with industry partners
The fund is part of a broader plan to create an innovation and startup cluster in the Italian city of Milan.
Sep 23, 2024Ian McClure to oversee innovation at University of Kentucky's hospitals and clinics
Ian McClure is expanding his role from associate vice president for research, innovation and economic impact at the University of Kentucky to include vice president of innovation for UK Healthcare, the institution's health system.
Sep 23, 2024Jim Glasheen appointed CEO of Cambridge Enterprise
The former startup founder and Silicon Valley investor will head the University of Cambridge’s commercialisation arm.
Sep 17, 2024First-time equity deals in UK spinouts fall 22% — report
The number of deals in UK spinouts at the earliest stage of equity investing has been falling over the past few years, highlighting a potential bottleneck in early-stage funding.
Sep 16, 2024University of Utah establishes venture fund
The University of Utah Ventures has been launched in partnership with Epic Ventures and will focus on early-stage companies in sectors including software and life sciences.
Sep 12, 2024Stromhaug to oversee tech transfer at University at Buffalo
Per Stromhaug is the new senior associate vice-president for economic development at the University at Buffalo, joining from Binghamton University.
Sep 12, 2024Editor's Picks
Half of Australian universities have a spinout fund — ahead of US…
Australia has one of the world's most mature university investment ecosystems, thanks to large pensions funds, Uniseed and royalties from wifi.
Sep 11, 2024European universities ahead of the US in having an investment fund
The number of funds is the same but European ones cover multiple universities — and the US still creates more university spinouts.
Aug 20, 2024How Basel supercharged its spinout rate
Basel has quietly built a life sciences ecosystem that’s becoming hard to ignore.
Feb 27, 2024Resistance is futile: seven superconductor companies that want to change the world
From healthcare to fusion to quantum computing to space, superconductors have the potential to revolutionise the world. And the technology is finally ready to commercialise.
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