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The fund is part of a broader plan to create an innovation and startup cluster in the Italian city of Milan.
Australia has one of the world's most mature university investment ecosystems, thanks to large pensions funds, Uniseed and royalties from wifi.
The state-backed Luxembourg Future Fund has put $5.4m into VIVES Inter-University Fund, bringing the multi-university venture fund’s new total to $80.5m.
The number of funds is the same but European ones cover multiple universities — and the US still creates more university spinouts.
Live Ventures will fund spinouts and mentor academic researchers from the medical university.
RBV’s inaugural fund will invest in startups emerging out of Cornell in a sign that university ecosystems are increasingly of interest to investors.
Venture firm 46VC’s Dickson & Main Fund I will invest in companies associated with the university or the local Arkansas ecosystem.
University of Tokyo’s third investment fund reached a first close with capital from Tokyu Land and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
The university’s new unit, which includes incubator, startup fund and brain trust, will be led by assistant vice president Joshua Espinosa.
CSIRO-founded deeptech investment fund Main Sequence Ventures has set itself fibres and food as a key area for its venture science model in the third fund.
A regulatory filing reveals The Engine is aiming to raise $350m for its third fund, less than three years after raising $230m Fund II.
Midlands Mindforge will raise up to $309m, having been co-founded by eight universities located in the UK’s Midlands region.
Oxford Science Enterprises now has just over $1bn under management and already boasts a portfolio of more than 80 University of Oxford spinouts.
IP Group has established Kiko Ventures to build out its existing $215m cleantech portfolio and will invest $245m over the next five years.
David Garcia, head of National Basketball Association team the Atlanta Hawks' venture fund, is targeting consumer experience ventures rather than sports technology.
The beverage giant and eight of its bottlers are pitching in to invest in sustainability across their ecosystem.
The New Zealand dairy producer’s Nutrition Science Solutions unit has disclosed a $10m investment in US microbiome startup Pendulum.
ADR Ventures will invest in travel, hospitality and aviation technology on behalf of Aeroporti di Roma and fund graduates of its Fiumicino Innovation Hub accelerator.
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.
