Incubator

Aiming to provide a long-term future to their Wyss Zurich Translational Center, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich have set up the non-profit Wyss Zurich Foundation.

University of California, Berkeley’s accelerator has chosen Milan for its expansion into Europe and will invest in those startups through the SkyDeck Europe Fund.

Ideation Studio@UH will welcome an initial cohort of four to five participants and will offer up to $25,000 in milestone-based seed funding.

The Bristol incubator has opened a second space as it looks to increase its support for companies tackling challenges such as climate change.

Andreas und Thomas Strüngmann, two of Germany’s richest investors, have committed $29m to help expand TU Munich’s tech transfer operation.

Humboldt State University has joined forces with UC Davis to create an incubator focused on agtech and biotech companies in northern California.

Cardiff University has become the sixth institution to join the partnership, having already collaborated on one programme for three years.

A host of institutions have joined NSF’s five regional educational programmes called I-Corps Hubs, which will each receive $3m per year until 2026.