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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.
Van Wensveen worked in commercialisation at Austrialian government research organisation CSIRO for more more than three years before joining the ventures fund.
Gundi joins Northern Gritstone at a time of capital expansion at the investment company.
His background includes roles in strategy consulting, early-stage companies, venture capital and pharmaceuticals.
Yin will raise a fund to back deep tech developed at university labs in her new role.
Mart Maasik has stepped down as chief executive of UniTartu Ventures at the University of Tartu to join a $63 spinout investment fund.
Vincent Coole, who built a programme University of Birmingham programme to commercialise technology before creating a spinout, has joined Trinity College Dublin.
Flanagan doubled the Irish university's spinout rate during his time there.
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.
After 12 years in the role, Andy Shenk is retiring from his position as CEO of the University of Auckland's technology transfer office.
The technology transfer veteran has been made head of the German teaching hospital's new technology transfer office.
The tech transfer expert has been appointed to lead the Italian university's accelerator.
Hunt returns to the UK university where he first held a director of research and innovation services role between 2014 and 2018.
Weldon spent 20 years at US industrial gas supplier Air Products before moving into university technology transfer.
Latin America not only has a rapidly growing corporate venturing ecosystem but very active cohort of female practitioners.
After GCV Powerlist member Yuko Sasahara Watanabe’s move to NTT Docomo’s lifestyle unit, the CVC arm named Jun Yasumoto president and CEO.
Fonterra launched an investment arm last month and its first deal, a $10m funding round US startup Pendulum, targets gut health.
Louis Fearn has been promoted to principal at JLR's corporate venture arm after three years as a venture investor.
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