
The foundation backs Georgia Institute of Technology's spinouts in areas including medtech, robotics, AI, marketplaces and defence.
Investors and university tech transfer should educate policymakers on the need for federal funds.
The pot of money will fund AI researchers as US universities face cuts to funding for science and research.
UK universities have also reduced their average equity stakes to new a new low.
Anchor investor Shanghai Industrial Investment targets opportunities in biomedical sectors, including neurodegeneration and gene therapy.
Funders are increasingly making global access to healthcare IP a condition of their grants.
Our pick of spinout technologies that are breaking new ground in plastics recycling, data storage, photonics, semiconductor materials and decoding the genome.
The European venture capital firm aims to raise a total €250m for its fourth fund by next year.
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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.
Centro National de Análisis Genómico was the first national sequencing centre in Europe.
VC capital often sways towards investing in technologies with an urban focus. But Silicon Valley investors are starting to home in on rural technology solutions right in their backyard.
EMV Capital will manage a portfolio of 53 deep tech and life sciences companies as part of the acquisition.
Corporate investors like Ikea, Scania and Brazilian pulp company Suzano are getting involved in the startups in the accelerator.
University of Tokyo’s third investment fund reached a first close with capital from Tokyu Land and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
The UK university has ramped up partnerships with corporates and opened global offices in a bid to improve the success of its spinouts.
Funds are welcoming corporate investors with open arms as the university spinout sector reaches a level of maturity where exits are expected to ramp up.
The new North America University Innovations Fund will invest in technologies coming out of federal research and university labs.
The CEO of the university spinout fund is leaving at the end of this year.
The foundation backs Georgia Institute of Technology's spinouts in areas including medtech, robotics, AI, marketplaces and defence.
The VC firm is raising money from investors for its second UK spinout fund.