Touchstone Innovations, which co-founded the cellular immunotherapy developer in 2007, has contributed to another funding round.

A research paper published in the Journal of the National Academy of Inventors shows the benefits of seed capital provided by institutions over external VCs.

Westminster Higher Education Forum held a conference on Thursday inviting researchers, executives, legal experts and members of parliament to discuss the future of innovation in the UK.

Oxford University Innovation established 24 companies in 2016, which secured a total of $63.5m in early-stage funding.

Editor Thierry Heles looks back on the highlights of the past 12 months and talks to some of the people who have made it a record-breaking year to remember.

While entrepreneurs are increasingly looking for investors that can bring more than just fungible capital, in particular those that can help them expand internationally, many of the venture investors are increasingly inward-looking at their local region.

Sydney University has put $1m into a student-founded accelerator as Phoenix University opened its innovation hub RedFlint and Harvard University's Jeff Bussgang unveiled a $2.5m fund.

Relay Therapeutics emerged last week with $57m in funding to support the development of cancer therapies based on a new understanding of how protein molecules undergo changes.