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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.
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.
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.
The technology transfer veteran has been made head of the German teaching hospital's new technology transfer office.
Centro National de Análisis Genómico was the first national sequencing centre in Europe.
EMV Capital will manage a portfolio of 53 deep tech and life sciences companies as part of the acquisition.
James Chan, who holds a similar position at other funds, has joined the investment firm affiliated with the University of California.
From a chest-worn device to help with Parkinson's symptoms to stress measuring socks — here are the spinouts providing support for senior citizens.
Basel has quietly built a life sciences ecosystem that’s becoming hard to ignore.
UK smartphone camera component developer Cambridge Mechatronics’ latest round featured strategic investors Sony Ventures and Intel Capital.
Brendan Bulik-Sullivan, Crystal Huang, Frédérique Dame and Issi Rozen have been promoted from partner positions at the early-stage Alphabet fund.
Wana Schulze and Ivan Yoon will lead CVC investments at Telefónica’s seed and early-stage Brazilian subsidiaries.
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.
