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The US university has partnered with a Silicon Valley-based VC firm to manage the investment fund.
Investors and university tech transfer should educate policymakers on the need for federal funds.
Early-stage VC Velocity manage the independently run fund, which backs spinouts from the Canadian university.
He will be joining the Mussallem Foundation to work on treatment for children with congenital heart disease.
The federal cuts to science and research funding mean US universities are leaning more on spinout funds and tech transfer offices to generate income.
The pot of money will fund AI researchers as US universities face cuts to funding for science and research.
The US university claims to be ranked second in the US for company formation.
The investment fund will mostly back founders from the US university.
The US university has formed an industry-university partnership to advance aspects such as sustainable agriculture in the whiskey distilling industry.
The US university recently created an office of innovation as part of a drive to commercialise more of the research coming out of its labs.
The UK university has set up physical presence in San Francisco to be closer to US investors and companies it seeks to partner with.
The students have faced a three-year journey to raise money for the planned $1m venture fund.
The US university has created a new office to coordinate its efforts to expand the startup ecosystem in its base of New Jersey and the broader region.
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.
Ten corporate investors were part of a $380m series C round this week, including Fortescue, United Airlines, Rio Tinto, Amazon, Microsoft and BP.
The US's $369bn climate legislation, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), promises to put the US at the forefront of the clean energy transition, but the act has its limitations.
Adam Bazih, head of Stellantis Ventures, says we're heading for a golden age of mobility tech as sustainable vehicles become affordable.
David Garcia, head of National Basketball Association team the Atlanta Hawks' venture fund, is targeting consumer experience ventures rather than sports technology.
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