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Richard Holliday has left the tech transfer office to join Oxford spinout Bodle Technologies.
For Mawsonia, the publishing company behind Global Corporate Venturing and Global University Venturing, we have been following this advice since our launch in 2010 and I am glad to now welcome Dominic Riley as our chairman.
Universities, such as MIT, Cornell, and Harvard Business School, have been recruiting entrepreneurs in residence (EIRs) in advisory roles to help students and faculty commericalise and have the greatest impact with their ideas.
Stanford-backed big data firm Alpine Data Labs appoints Joe Otto as new chief executive officer.
Jacobsohn worked at numerous software as a service companies and is an angel investor and advisor to startup companies including Emergence Capital portfolio company Doximity.
Stas, who previously held the same role at Algonomics, a Belgium-based biotech service provider before its sale to Lonza Group, succeeds Marc Zabeau, who remains on the board of directors.
Pitchford is managing director of healthcare investments at Imperial Innovations Group, a UK-listed venture capital firm that primarily supports spin-outs from British universities after its own spin out from Imperial College London.
The maker of electrocardiographic mapping technology, a spin-out from Case Western Reserve University, appoints Bullock to role a month after a $7.5m funding round, as executive chairman Steve Arless leaves.
The Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania has sued Craig Thompson and healthcare companies Agios Pharmaceuticals and Celgene, in Federal Court, according to news provider Courthouse News.
Corporate investors are backing a host of elder-care startups, from those seeking Parkinson's cures to apps aiding mental wellbeing.
Corporate investors have a more complicated role to navigate than financial VCs. But these 5 strategies can help smooth the job.
Corporate investors rarely acquire the portfolio companies they invest in, but most will still negotiate special rights around an exit.
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.
