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Tech transfer arm Edinburgh Innovations has created a new role of director of venture creation to increase the number of companies it spins out.
The British Business Bank plans to invest in university spinout investment funds outside of the Golden Triangle.
It becomes the fourth academic institution in the north of England to join the university spinout investor.
Gundi joins Northern Gritstone at a time of capital expansion at the investment company.
Oxford Science Enterprises has tapped the credit market to boost its capital as it anticipates an uptick in exits over the next few years.
Aviva has expanded into university spinout investing following an earlier investment in the University of Cambridge's affiliated fund, Cambridge Innovation Capital.
London universities are among the most prolific in the UK for producing spinouts but unlike Oxford and Cambridge, have lacked a single, dedicated organisation to promote spinout investment.
UK universities have also reduced their average equity stakes to new a new low.
Half of the spinouts from the universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey raised seed funding in 2024.
The London university has seen a surge in applications to commercialise artificial intelligence-related technologies.
With a £15m commitment, Aviva’s investment in Cambridge Innovation Capital’s new Opportunity Fund marks its continuing backing of the Cambridge startup ecosystem
The small German academic institution generates an outsize number of unicorns.
Pooling tech transfer resources could help smaller universities commercialise technology that they can't push out on their own.
The UK stands to benefit from the work of the past 12 months to push more university research-led innovation into the marketplace.
UK smartphone camera component developer Cambridge Mechatronics’ latest round featured strategic investors Sony Ventures and Intel Capital.
Maersk revamped its Maersk Growth innovation unit in June with a new team and a change in how it invests in tech and sustainability.
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 US's $369bn climate legislation, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), promises to put the US at the forefront of the clean energy transition, but the act has its limitations.
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