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Aleta Knowles was a former member of the Uniseed investment committee during her time at University of New South Wales.
Japan has a well-funded and vibrant market for deep tech companies spun out of its universities. Here are some of the quirks that foreign investors seeking to dip a toe into the sector should look out for.
Michelle Perugini, who was a senior research fellow with the Australian university earlier in her career, has been hired as head of commercialisation.
The university is the latest academic institution in the Asian country to launch an investment fund to support spinouts.
Japan's sophisticated network of university investment funds make it an outlier among other Asian countries.
After 12 years in the role, Andy Shenk is retiring from his position as CEO of the University of Auckland's technology transfer office.
The University of Auckland in New Zealand tripled the rate of spinouts it created by launching a fund to invest in its university startups and lowering its equity stake.
Live Ventures will fund spinouts and mentor academic researchers from the medical university.
Universities in Australia and New Zealand typically take a higher portion of ownership in spinout companies. Founders are calling for more standardised deal terms.
The university will cooperate with the VC firm on startup investment, research and human resources development.
The Redbird Innovation Fund will fund spinouts emerging from the Hong Kong university.
University of Tokyo’s third investment fund reached a first close with capital from Tokyu Land and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
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.
From a diamond-based, room temperature quantum computer to a unified programming language, here are eight quantum technologies of note.
After a promising start the Thai startup ecosystem has slowed. Some say too much corporate money may have been part of the problem.
Husk Power Systems has just raised $100m from investors including Shell to build 1,500 solar mini-grids in India and Nigeria in the next four to five years.
Turkey has the ingredients to be a top tech market, but it needs investors to take more risk if its startups are to get past early stage.
The corporates both committed further nine-figure sums to back startups in the rapidly growing Indian venture market.
Global University Venturing (GUV) is where tech transfer, academic and investment experts meet to explore the latest ideas and technologies driving innovation forward. We drive the discussions and share best practices that are critical to the success of spinouts, scaleouts and innovation programmes. Our aim is to help improve the processes of bringing innovations from academia to global markets and facilitate their integration into the broader business ecosystem.
